Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works.

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 ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure ... so a query like this retrieves the rows as if they were first thing in the morning of Oct. 31: Select * From dbo.Orders FOR SYSTEM_TIME AS OF '2017-10-31' This means that ...

Azure SQL Data Warehouse also comes with a hybrid configuration option for hosting in the Azure cloud or on-premises -- as opposed to cloud-only for Redshift -- and offers pause/resume functionality ...

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 ...