From immutable ledgers in SQL Azure to in-memory cache in Cosmos DB, Microsoft is adding more features to its Azure data platform.

For those using SQL 2005 or SQL 2008, SQL Server Backup to Windows Azure tool can compress, encrypt, and backup databases, according to McDermid. The last step in the process is to build a PowerShell ...

You don’t need new tools to manage or develop for Azure SQL Edge. It’s designed to work with existing SQL Server development tools, so you can continue to work as usual when designing ...

The DBArtisan for SQL Azure tool lets companies easily extract existing SQL Server schema and migrate it to Microsoft’s cloud-based SQL Azure Database service, Embarcadero said in a news release. The ...

The SQL Server Vulnerability Assessment tool (VA) is a feature within SQL Server Management Server (SSMS) 17.4 that scans your SQL Server instances of version 2012 and later, identifies security ...

Microsoft updated its extension for tying its lightweight Visual Studio Code editor into the Azure cloud for serverless, SQL-based Big Data analytics. Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio Code ...

Azure Portal’s new in-browser Query Editor tool enables users to write queries, execute T-SQL (Transact-SQL) scripts and manage query results. “Many common queries can be run in this editor ...

Microsoft Corp. has made it easier for Azure SQL users to access and query their databases and data warehouses with the addition of a new Query Editor tool, alongside several other cloud updates ...

Microsoft today announced an interesting update to its database lineup with the preview of Azure SQL Database Edge, a new tool that brings the same ...

Specifically, Microsoft is formally launching its SQL Server 2017 database software, an Oracle database migration tool, and finally, the ambitious Azure Stack "hybrid" cloud system.