Databases

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.

If you are working on an LAMP or WAMP application and want to host it on Azure , Azure websites is the fastest and most reliable way to host your application on Azure.

Following on the heels of last week’s announcement, I am pleased to announce more news about our efforts to deliver a rich, connected set of data services on Azure, as part of our broader data platform.

The new preview Azure Redis Cache is really easy to plug into your Azure web app. I had it plugged into my MVC Movie sample app, deployed to Azure and running in under 17 minutes (15 minutes to plug it in and test locally).

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.]As a DBA I have done a lot of work improving I/O performance for on-premise SQL Server installations.