Databases

In this article, you will learn how to use partition keys to efficiently distribute data, improve application performance, and enable faster look-up.

We’ve been very grateful for the feedback you’ve given us since we first introduced Azure Blockchain Workbench in public preview a few months ago. Your feedback continues to be an essential and impactful part of our work.

The team at GoChain is bringing their private, scalable blockchain offering to Microsoft Azure. GoChain is a blockchain based on Ethereum, which changes to protocol and consensus model primarily to increase the transaction speed of the network.

Today, we are excited to announce the general availability (GA) of Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL for Azure Government customers. With this GA milestone, government agencies and their partners have even more options as they work to advance their missions.

Today we are extending Try Cosmos DB for 30 days free! Try Cosmos DB allows anyone to play with Azure Cosmos DB, with no Azure sign-up required and at no charge, for 30 days with ability to renew unlimited times.

The amount of data generated today can be overwhelming. In the face of mounting pressure to manage costs, optimize performance, and use data for competitive advantage, IT organizations are increasingly looking to the cloud to help relieve the pressure.

Today we pre-announced the public preview of Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. Azure SQL Database Hyperscale is a new SQL-based and highly scalable service tier for single databases that adapt on-demand to your workload’s needs.

In March 2018, Microsoft announced general availability of Azure Database for PostgreSQL. A simple and fully managed database service for PostgreSQL that removes the complexities around infrastructure management, data availability, protection, and scale.

In July 2018, I blogged about all of the great work this team has done to deliver additional features and functionality to our Azure database services for MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft’s globally distributed, multi-model database service for mission-critical workloads.

Data is more critical than ever in all aspects of modern business. As more organizations embark on digital transformation and embrace a data-driven culture, a common IT challenge is building the definitive source of truth for trusted, curated data.

We are excited to announce the upcoming general availability (GA) of the General Purpose service tier in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance on October 1, 2018!