SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same underlying engine, so code and queries work the same way. The ...

Azure Private Endpoints are becoming a cornerstone of cloud security, enabling secure, private connections to services without exposing them to the public internet. When configured correctly, they ...

The Azure outage that touched applications across the web and the global economy on Wednesday appears to be over. A Microsoft dashboard on Azure’s status showed no active events as of Wednesday ...

This week, we are excited to kick off SQLCon 2026 alongside FabCon in Atlanta. Bringing these SQL and Fabric communities together creates a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and share what’s next ...

Abstract: Differentially private databases (DP-DBs) offer rigorous privacy guarantees while retaining the utility of data analytics queries. However, ensuring that deployed DP-DBs truly meet these ...

At the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Mississippi, staff members asked the Trump administration to review an entire exhibit on the Black teen’s brutal 1955 killing by White men ...

Capita said it was “overwhelmed” by around 16,000 unread emails and 20 million database errors unexpectedly left to it by the previous administrator of the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS). Since ...

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...

Microsoft said the DDoS attack was aimed at an endpoint in Australia and reached 15.72 Tbps and 3.64 Bpps. Microsoft this week reported that it recently mitigated a record-breaking distributed ...

At today’s Ignite 2025 event, Microsoft announced one of the biggest Azure data updates in years. The company has announced the general availability of SQL Server 2025. That has come after a long ...

Microsoft is working with Anyscale to help you build, train, and run your own ML models with PyTorch on AKS. The move to building and training AI models at scale has had interesting second-order ...

Azure outage affected global industries, including airlines and airports Microsoft 365 services impacted by Azure configuration change Outage follows recent Amazon AWS disruption, highlighting tech ...