Understanding and leveraging Azure SQL Database’s SLA
31 July 2019
When data is the lifeblood of your business, you want to ensure your databases are reliable, secure, and available when called upon to perform.
Posts by: Alexander (Sasha) Nosov
SQL Database: Long-term backup retention preview includes major updates
04 April 2018
The preview for long-term backup retention in Azure SQL Database was announced in October 2016, providing you with a way to easily enable long-term retention for your databases…
A flexible new way to purchase Azure SQL Database
04 April 2018
We’re excited to announce the preview of an additional purchasing model to the Azure SQL Database Elastic Pool and Single Database deployment options. Recently announced with SQL Database Managed…
Azure SQL Database offers zone-redundant Premium databases and elastic pools
07 March 2018
The Premium service tier includes multiple redundant replicas for each database that are automatically provisioned in the same data centre. This design leverages the SQL Server AlwaysON technology and…
Azure SQL Database now supports transparent geographic failover of database groups
11 May 2017
The built-in geo-replication feature has been generally available to SQL Database customers since 2014. During this time one of the most common customer requests has been about supporting transparent failover with automatic activation. Today we are happy to announce a public preview of auto-failover groups that extends geo-replication with the following additional capabilities:
Azure SQL Database: Now supporting up to 10 years of Backup Retention (Public Preview)
31 October 2016
Azure SQL Database now supports backups stored in your own Azure Backup Service Vault. This allows you easily extend the built-it retention period from 35 days to up to 10 years.
Azure SQL Database now supports powerful geo-replication features for all service tiers
25 April 2016
The built-in active geo-replication has been generally available to the Premium databases for over a year. As a growing number of SaaS customers use the multi-tenant design pattern, including the use…
Spotlight on new capabilities of Azure SQL Database geo-replication
10 November 2015
Today we are announcing a set of new geo-replication enhancements that both address customer pain points and enable new capabilities for customers.