Azure SQL Database

GA of Azure Event Hubs for Apache Kafka, new productivity and security capabilities for Azure SQL DW, new partnerships for Azure Maps and Azure Digital Twins, and so much more.

The SQL Security team is pleased to share the public preview release of Static Data Masking. Static Data Masking is a data protection feature that helps users sanitize sensitive data in a copy of their SQL databases.

Get inspired by our industry-leading keynote speakers on the Microsoft data platform at PASS Summit 2018! There has never been a more exciting time for data professionals and developers as more organizations turn to data-driven insights to stay ahead and prepare for the future.

When we talk to our customers about their cloud strategy, we continue to hear loud and clear from many of them that a hybrid approach to cloud makes the most sense for their business.

Today at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, I shared how the confluence of Cloud, Data, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is driving unprecedented change and is rapidly becoming foundational to innovation in every industry.

We’re seeing tons of customer interest in Azure migration following our July announcements, and have been building out the next level of customer success and product investments ever since.

The amount of data generated today can be overwhelming. In the face of mounting pressure to manage costs, optimize performance, and use data for competitive advantage, IT organizations are increasingly looking to the cloud to help relieve the pressure.

Today we pre-announced the public preview of Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. Azure SQL Database Hyperscale is a new SQL-based and highly scalable service tier for single databases that adapt on-demand to your workload’s needs.

In mid-July, I blogged about the exciting updates and additions we had made to the Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) and our data migration tools.

We are excited to announce the upcoming general availability (GA) of the General Purpose service tier in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance on October 1, 2018!

In this blogpost, you will learn how Azure SQL Database intelligent performance feature Intelligent Insights has successfully helped a customer troubleshoot a hard to find 6-month intermittent database performance issue in a single day only.

Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Always Encrypted are two different encryption technologies offered by SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. Generally, encryption protects Always Encrypted protect data from unauthorized access in different scenarios.