Last week in Azure #23: Week of March 12
Catch up on what happened last week in Azure, including what’s now in preview, generally available, and other news & updates.
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Announcing backup and restore performance improvements and support for large disk backup
Announcing general availability of large disk support and backup and restore performance improvements.
Last Week in Azure #22: Week of March 5
Last week, it became even more evident that Azure is the best place for all of your applications and data with numerous announcements about investments that dramatically expand the choice and ROI of moving your SQL Server and open source applications to Azure.
Migrate your databases to a fully managed service with Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
We’re excited to announce the preview of Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, a new deployment option in SQL Database that streamlines the migration of SQL Server workloads to a fully managed…
Making Azure the best place for all your applications and data
The confluence of cloud, data and AI is driving unprecedented change. The ability to utilize data and turn it into breakthrough actions and experiences, is foundational to innovation today.
Azure SQL Database offers zone redundant Premium databases and elastic pools
The Premium service tier includes multiple redundant replicas for each database that are automatically provisioned in the same datacenter.
Microsoft and Esri launch Geospatial AI on Azure
Integrating geography and location information with AI brings a powerful new dimension to understanding the world around us.
Introducing SQL Information Protection for Azure SQL Database and on-premises SQL Server!
We are delighted to announce the public preview of SQL Information Protection, introducing advanced capabilities built into Azure SQL Database for discovering, classifying, labeling, and protecting…
Gartner reaffirms Microsoft as a leader in Data Management Solutions for Analytics
We are excited to announce that Microsoft has once again been positioned as a leader in Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Data Management Solutions for Analytics (DMSA).
Last week in Azure #21: Week of February 26
Get caught up on what happened in Azure last week for the week of February 26, 2018, such as Azure for Students, Microsoft Cognitive Services vision & search services, Azure Migrate, StorSimple Data Manager, Azure Advanced Threat Protection, and more.
Updates to Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Azure Database services for MySQL and PostgreSQL are fully managed, enterprise-ready services built using community version of MySQL and PostgreSQL database engines respectively.
Announcing new milestones for Microsoft Cognitive Services vision and search services in Azure
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as one of the most disruptive forces behind the digital transformation of business.