In SQL Server 2017, automatic plan correction was added, which allows for the database engine to automatically use the "last known good plan" for a query that has suddenly regressed in performance.

One way that organizations are storing data in the cloud is by moving their databases to the cloud. What once meant building an entire physical server, patching it, installing software like Microsoft ...

I've been playing around with the new Microsoft service, currently in preview and it's time to show off what it can do. Have you ever struggled with a database performance problem or ever ...

Microsoft today announced a new service in its Azure database ... while SQL Data Warehouse can adjust to a user’s needs in minutes. As the name implies, the query language for the service ...

Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks. While the embrace of big data, machine learning, and IoT by business enterprises everywhere may ...

Microsoft’s elastic cloud data warehousing offering, Azure SQL Data Warehouse ... dynamically grow and shrink to accommodate their query performance requirements and IT budgets, kicking off ...

Microsoft yesterday announced major enhancements to its cloud data warehouse offering. Microsoft Corporate Vice President for Azure ... query performance improvement for certain workloads on SQL ...

Never shy to compare its services to its competitors, Microsoft also notes that Azure SQL Data Warehouse can support up to 128 concurrent queries now, compared to the 50 that Amazon Redshift is ...

The first generation of Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) was announced in 2015, and SQL DW "Gen 2" reached general availability in 2018. Today, at its Ignite confab on Orlando, Microsoft is ...

As announced at the Build 2019 conference back in May 2019, Azure SQL DB Edge is a containerized package intended for both ARM and x86 powered devices, especially tailored for streaming and ...