A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, ...

Microsoft recently published updated guidance for running SQL Server on Azure virtual machines (VMs). I wanted to share some of the highlights of the documentation, combined with my experiences ...

In a recent benchmark, Microsoft claims that SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines can be up to 57% faster and cost up to 54% less than running a similar workload on AWS EC2. The study compares ...

In recent releases of SQL Server, Microsoft has delivered ... When you buy SQL Azure, you're not just buying a VM-hosting SQL -- you are buying a service with smarts that are there to back you ...

as "Azure SQL," that will allow customers to manage both Azure SQL Database and SQL Server on Azure VM implementations in a single environment. Azure SQL will also provide access to auto-patching ...

That's why "lifting and shifting" existing on-premises SQL Server environments to SQL Server on Azure Virtual machines is a simple, quick, and cost-effective path for companies that are concerned ...

Azure Dedicated Host will support Windows, Linux and SQL Server virtual machines and pricing is per host, independent of the number of virtual machines you end up running on them. You can ...

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