Databases

March 25, 2019 1 min read

Incrementally copy new files by LastModifiedDate with Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Factory (ADF) is the fully-managed data integration service for analytics workloads in Azure.
March 27, 2019 3 min read

Happy birthday to managed Open Source RDBMS services in Azure!

March 20, 2019 marked the first anniversary of general availability for our managed open source RDBMS services Azure Database for PostgreSQL and Azure Database for MySQL.
Best practices March 28, 2019 6 min read

Resource governance in Azure SQL Database

This blog post continues the Azure SQL Database architecture series where we share background on how we run the service, as described by the architects who originally created the service.
Customer stories April 8, 2019 3 min read

How Skype modernized its backend infrastructure using Azure Cosmos DB – Part 1

Founded in 2003, Skype has grown to become one of the world’s premier communication services, making it simple to share experiences with others wherever they are.
Customer stories April 8, 2019 5 min read

How Skype modernized its backend infrastructure using Azure Cosmos DB – Part 2

Skype found the perfect fit in Azure Cosmos DB, the globally distributed NoSQL database service from Microsoft.
Customer stories April 8, 2019 5 min read

How Skype modernized its backend infrastructure using Azure Cosmos DB – Part 3

Using Azure Cosmos DB, Skype replaced three monolithic, geographically isolated data stores with a single, globally distributed user data service that delivers better throughput, lower latencies, and improved availability.
April 9, 2019 4 min read

Smarter, faster, safer: Azure SQL Data Warehouse is simply unmatched

Today, we want to call attention to the exciting news that Azure SQL Data Warehouse has again outperformed other cloud providers in the most recent GigaOm benchmark report.
Announcements April 9, 2019 4 min read

Want to evaluate your cloud analytics provider? Here are the three questions to ask.

We all want the truth. To properly assess your cloud analytics provider, ask them about the only three things that matter: independent benchmark results, company-wide access to insights, and security & privacy.
Announcements April 9, 2019 3 min read

Bitnami Apache Airflow Multi-Tier now available in Azure Marketplace

A few months ago, we released a blog post that provided guidance on how to deploy Apache Airflow on Azure.
Thought leadership April 17, 2019 2 min read

Microsoft driving standards for the token economy with the Token Taxonomy Framework

Today’s announcement of the Token Taxonomy Initiative (TTI) is a milestone in the maturity of the blockchain industry.
April 25, 2019 1 min read

Securing Azure SQL Databases with managed identities just got easier

We are happy to share the second preview release of the Azure Services App Authentication library, version 1.
Best practices April 25, 2019 4 min read

Optimize performance using Azure Database for PostgreSQL Recommendations

You no longer have to be a database expert to optimize your database.

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