New multi-tenant patterns for building SaaS applications on SQL Database
We’re delighted to announce the availability of an expanded set of sample SaaS applications, each using a different database tenancy model on SQL Database.
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Last week in Azure: Data & analytics updates, Azure IP Advantage, and more
Highlights from last week in Azure for the week of November 6, 2017: Data & Analytics updates, accelerating enterprise blockchain, Azure IP Advantage, automatic OS upgrades in VM Scale Sets, and more!
Accelerating the adoption of enterprise blockchain
Over the past year, we have had the pleasure of working with several customers on their business initiatives related to blockchain’s technology.
Automatic tuning will be a new default
Automatic tuning, technology that continuously monitors and automatically improves database performance in SQL Database, will be enabled by default in the upcoming period.
Transactional replication to Azure SQL Database is now generally available
We are excited to announce that transactional replication to Azure SQL Database is now generally available (GA). This feature allows you to migrate your on-premises SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Databases with minimal downtime.
Microsoft Cosmos DB in Azure Storage Explorer – public preview
We are happy to announce the public preview of Cosmos DB in Azure Storage Explorer (ASE).
Announcing new Azure Government capabilities for classified mission-critical workloads
Microsoft is partnering with the U.S. Government in the journey to the cloud, providing both infrastructure (IaaS) and platform (PaaS) offerings to enable digital transformation. Our government customers are responsible for the most sensitive data and the most critical applications in the country.
Announcing Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL availability in Canada and Brazil
We’re excited to announce the public preview of Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL in Canada (Central and East) and Brazil (Brazil South) data centers.
Microsoft’s Azure SQL Database ranked #1 Database as a Service for developer satisfaction by SlashData
Today we’re excited and honored to be recognized for three Developer Satisfaction awards from SlashData, a leading analyst firm in the developer community.
Announcing new Azure VM images: SQL Server 2017 on Linux and Windows
We are excited to announce that SQL Server 2017 images on Linux and Windows are now available in the Azure Marketplace!
Data Integrity in Azure SQL Database
Microsoft takes data integrity very seriously. While there are some traditional techniques used by DBAs in SQL Server to monitor data integrity (e.g.
Azure SQL Database and Data Warehouse VNET Service Endpoints public preview
We are excited to announce that Azure SQL Database VNET Service Endpoints is now in public preview in the following regions: West Central US, West US2, and East US1.