Databases

With the growing popularity of storing and managing data using Azure SQL Database, demand for full-text search capabilities in a wide variety of applications is rapidly increasing.

With the release of the Basic, Standard, and Premium Azure SQL Database service tiers, we provide built-in backup and restore capabilities.

We are pleased to announce that Azure DocumentDB is now generally available. DocumentDB is a fully managed NoSQL document database service that allows applications to query and process JSON data at scale.

Today, we are thrilled to announce the upcoming general availability of Azure DocumentDB – Microsoft’s fully managed NoSQL document database service.

StackExchange.Redis uses a configuration setting named “synctimeout” for synchronous operations.

Today, we are excited to announce support for automated backup and automated patching, available directly in the portal for SQL Server Azure Virtual Machines.

We are pleased to announce support for parameterized SQL queries in the Azure DocumentDB REST API and SDKs.

We are pleased to announce the release of the Azure DocumentDB Java SDK!

Today we are announcing the public preview of Elastic Scale for Azure SQL Database. The new Elastic Scale capabilities simplify the process of scaling out (and in) a cloud application’s data tier by streamlining development and management.

In this final post in our series on Business Continuity I’m going to look at point-in-time restore, a self-service feature available for Basic, Standard, and Premium databases.

This post describes some simple steps and guidelines on the process of using the information from this DMV to evaluate and pick the right performance tier for your database workload.

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