Microsoft this week announced various Azure SQL Database improvements, including migration, high-availability and information protection options.

Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Preview The preview of Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is currently available in 20 Azure regions, although it's a limited offering.

As SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 reach the end of support in 2019, you’ll have an opportunity to upgrade to a cloud database service. Follow this step-by-step guide to manage change effectively as ...

Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is the ideal solution for an easier lift-and-shift migration of your legacy SQL Server databases to the cloud.

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Important SQL Managed Instance now has native support for private endpoints. Instead of implementing the solution in this document, we recommend creating a private endpoint directly to the SQL Managed ...

Microsoft is promising that the Azure SQL Database Managed Instance service enables "native virtual network (VNet) support," even though the workload is hosted on Microsoft's public cloud datacenters.

Getting started with Managed Instances There’s not much difference between setting up and running Azure’s Apache and any of its other managed open source databases.