Hybrid + multicloud

Azure SQL Database is increasing the read and writer performance

Columnstore index is the preferred technology to run analytics queries in Azure SQL Databases. We recently announced general availability  if In-Memory technologies for all Premium databases.

Over the last few years, “cloud” has been one of the most used words in tech, and 2016 is no exception – for good reason.

In-Memory OLTP in Azure SQL Database improves performance and introduces cost savings for transaction processing, data ingestion, and transient data scenarios.

Connect your things with the Azure IoT Gateway SDK, which has now been released to general availability.

Today, I’m excited to announce three new Azure enhancements to enable you to run the largest enterprise workloads, offer you best-in-class support for those workloads, and deliver it at the lowest possible cost.

Today, we are excited to announce preview releases of Azure PaaS services for Azure Stack TP2. Specifically, this release includes Azure App Service (includes Web Apps, API apps, and Mobile apps) and updated versions of SQL/ MySQL database.

In-Memory technologies are now generally available in Azure SQL Database, to optimize performance of transaction processing, analytics, as well as hybrid transactional and analytical workloads (HTAP).

Azure SQL Database now supports backups stored in your own Azure Backup Service Vault. This allows you easily extend the built-it retention period from 35 days to up to 10 years.

Tomorrow, I’ll be speaking at Zettastructure: The European Digital Infrastructure Summit hosted by Datacenter Dynamics in London.

As part of our continued commitment to deliver Azure to customers at the best possible prices, effective October 1st, we are lowering prices on many of our most popular virtual machines (VMs).

We’re excited to share that the second technical preview of Microsoft Azure Stack (TP2) is now available.