Microsoft Azure offers a variety of Database and Storage services in the cloud. This includes Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for PostgreSQL & MySQL, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and more!
For many organizations, legacy file servers have long been the backbone of data sharing and collaboration. But as cloud adoption reaches critical mass, those old file shares start to look like an anchor holding you back. Whether it’s scalability, remote access,...
Microsoft has announced the official retirement of Azure Data Studio on February 28, 2026. This decision marks a significant shift in Microsoft’s approach to database development tools, as users are encouraged to transition to Visual Studio Code (VS Code) with the...
Azure Blob Storage is designed as a flat storage system without a traditional hierarchical structure. However, by incorporating forward slashes (/) in blob names, you can simulate a directory-like organization, creating virtual directories within your containers. This...
Azure DocumentDB, ahem... I mean Azure Cosmos DB is the globally distributed, highly available, NoSQL, database-as-a-service offering from...
The 70-475 Designing and Implementing Big Data Analytics Solutions certification exam was first published Oct. 27, 2015. Many features and services...
The 70-473 Designing and Implementing Cloud Data Platform Solutions certification exam was first published Oct. 27, 2015. A lot of things with...
It’s so quick and easy to deploy an application out into Microsoft Azure and make it available for anyone in the world to use. It’s even quicker if...
Azure Storage is a cloud service at the very center of Microsoft Azure. It provides the foundations for storing data in many services and systems...
The Azure SQL Database service allows you to set an Admin login and password when you provision a database server in the service. However, if you...
DocumentDB has been around for awhile now in Microsoft Azure. It's a Document based, NoSQL database in the cloud. There's been tons of advancements...
Here's a short video that shows you how to create an Azure SQL Database in the Azure Portal. It also explains how to connect to the database, and...
It's a new world of Big Data and Data Science. SQL Server 2016 was built for this brand new world to help businesses get ahead. This free ebook...
Traditional shared hosting providers generally cost anywhere between $8 - $10 USD per month. The reason is you need to reserve some CPU and Memory...
For years it's been difficult to migrate a database that was built in SQL Server to Microsoft Azure SQL Database. Originally, the T-SQL support in...
Want to get started with Power BI, but don't know where to start? The "Introducing Microsoft Power BI" free eBook from Microsoft Press may be the...
The Deploy SharePoint with SQL Server AlwaysOn infographic from Microsoft provides a really good visual representation of how to design a SharePoint...
The SQL Server 2016 infographic provides a visual overview of SQL Server 2016 features: on-premises, in the cloud, and in between. How can your...
The "Microsoft Azure Essentials: Migrating SQL Server Databases to Azure" book written by Carl Rabeler has been made a free eBook by Microsoft...
When the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer was first released, it did seem a little odd that Microsoft would neglect supporting Linux. However, they...
On February 1st, 2016, Microsoft Azure DocumentDB bill be transitioning away from a Global Pricing Meter to be on Regional Pricing Meters instead....
Azure Storage Queues provide an easy to implement messaging communication mechanism for reliably passing messages to/from different components of a...