Hybrid + multicloud

The built-in active geo-replication has been generally available to the Premium databases for over a year.

We are happy to announce public preview of new JSON functionalities in Azure SQL Database.

Today, we’re releasing an update to Azure Stack Technical Preview 1. Improvements included in this release are faster VM deployment times, better performance in VM-related actions, and updated extensions for Desired State Configuration and Docker.

Today, we’re making additional Azure PaaS services and DevOps tools available for you to deploy and run on top of your Technical Preview deployments.

Today, on Microsoft Mechanics, Jeffrey Snover, Chief Architect, Enterprise Cloud, demonstrates the specific advantages of Azure Stack for those of you in IT.

The first Technical Preview of Azure Stack is now available for download!

Organizations are rapidly turning to the cloud to increase business agility and drive faster innovation. Microsoft believes enterprises have to approach cloud as a model – not a place. To translate this model into reality, customers need a consistent cloud platform that spans hybrid environments.

Wouldn’t it be great if WordPress worked against Azure SQL Database? Well, wait no more.

Today, we released hardware specs for the upcoming Azure Stack preview.

Learn how to replicate your data from SQL Server on-premises to Azure SQL DB.

Your feedback on cloud computing is important to us and the industry. We want to hear about your plans for cloud, where it is making an impact across your organization, and what cloud technologies and capabilities you are prioritizing in your business.

This blog announces the new cross-database querying capabilities in Azure SQL Database and other improvements to elastic database query.