A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

Microsoft today released the 2022 version of its SQL Server database, which features a number of built-in connections to its Azure cloud.

SQL Server 2022 customers will see benefits in the areas of data integration, analytics, governance, and high availability thanks to the database’s enhanced connectivity to the Azure cloud, Microsoft ...

Microsoft's relational database engine has had the same licensing model since 2012. The new version released this week brings significant changes that brings SQL Server closer to Azure SQL's ...

Backup and restore to S3-compatible object storage is a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2022, on-premises or in the cloud.

You can issue BACKUP or RESTORE statements by using Transact-SQL or SMO. Furthermore, when database files are stored in an Azure blob and you are using SQL Server 2016, you can use file-snapshot ...

If you do not want to use the built-in Windows Server Backup Tool, use one of these free backup software for Windows Server.

Storage and performance can be quite different in the cloud. It's important to choose the right VM size and configure your storage properly to keep SQL Server workloads running smoothly.