Azure SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance share a common code base with the latest stable version of SQL Server. Most of the standard SQL language, query processing, and database management features ...

This article provides an overview of Azure SQL Database, a fully managed platform as a service (PaaS) database engine that handles most of the database management functions such as upgrading, patching ...

Installable agent plugins from the Microsoft SQL product team for developing applications, operating Azure SQL Database, running local container workflows, planning migrations, and exploring database ...

Presenting new capabilities for Fabric, Power BI, OneLake, and Azure SQL, the company took the stage in Barcelona to outline how its customers can connect data, business context, and AI to fuel the ...

Executive SummaryThis week's new product and feature news is characterized by the evolution of products where AI not only ...

Affected locations in British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba will not turn their clocks back at 02:00 local time on November 1, 2026. They will remain at UTC−07:00, UTC−06:00, and UTC−05:00, ...

Azure SQL Database customers using Always Encrypted with Intel SGX must migrate to VBS enclaves or evaluate SQL Server on Azure Confidential VMs before Oct. 31, 2027.

Affected locations in British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba will not turn their clocks back at 02:00 local time on November 1, 2026. They will remain at UTC−07:00, UTC−06:00, and UTC−05:00, ...

Microsoft unleashes slate of new Microsoft Fabric features to support agentic AI at the European Microsoft Fabric + SQL Community Conference.

Intel SGX TDX migration reaches a hard deadline: Intel confirmed Diamond Rapids, arriving mid-2027, will be the last Xeon ...

When a company server stops in the middle of the night, who notices? In many cases, it is not a person, but 'watchdog' ...

A 16-year-old set one login field to "admin," and an estimated 17.3 trillion Microsoft rows became accessible.