This article describes how to deploy SQL Server on Azure Local in connected mode. SQL Server runs on Windows Server or Linux virtual machines (VMs) in an Azure Local cluster that maintains ...

This article explains how to enable, verify, and disable performance monitoring for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (VMs), and how to view and query the data that it collects. Performance ...

This article also covers the updated functionality to set up a Microsoft Entra admin for SQL Server in the Azure portal that would allow for automated certificate creation and application registration ...

As app developers, our primary focus is building great user experiences, designing APIs, and shipping features quickly. What we don’t want is database friction—wasting hours configuring local DB ...

One way that organizations are storing data in the cloud is by moving their databases to the cloud. What once meant building an entire physical server, patching it, installing software like Microsoft ...

Azure Data Studio is a free Microsoft desktop tool, initially called SQL Operations Studio, that can be used to manage SQL Server databases and cloud-based Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Data ...

Microsoft's continued focus on SQL Server 2025 highlights the lasting demand for on-premises and hybrid deployments that prioritize performance, control and flexibility for enterprise workloads. In ...

Microsoft announced this week that it plans to release a "General Purpose" version of its Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance (MI) at the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage, ...