Azure database savings plans cut cloud costs across SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Cosmos DB. Unlike reservations, Azure savings plans offer cross-region, cross-service flexibility with simpler pricing.

Oracle announced a suite of agentic AI capabilities integrated directly into Oracle AI Database, enabling AI agents to securely access enterprise data where it already exists, rather than requiring ...

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description Learn to design your first relational database in Azure SQL Database using the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code. For the purpose of this tutorial, we are using Azure SQL Database.

Abstract: Cloud database forensics faces fundamental structural challenges that differ from traditional on-premises environments. This study experimentally investigates how three representative ...

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 has announced a new January 2026 update for Microsoft Azure Database for MySQL (Flexible Server), continuing its broader push toward tighter Azure monitoring and platform standardization. As ...

Abstract: Azure SQL DB offers disaggregated storage architecture called Hyperscale. While this architecture provides storage scale out, it comes at the cost of performance of I/O from remote storage.

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 ...

Oracle Corp. today announced the general availability of Oracle AI Database 26ai and Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse, both aimed at supporting artificial intelligence training and inference across ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...