The public cloud offers a myriad of options for providing high availability and disaster recovery protections for SQL Server database applications. Conversely, some of the options available in a ...

A debate over what is the best way to assure high availability of Microsoft SQL Server databases on the Microsoft Azure cloud has emerged. Historically, Microsoft has encouraged IT teams to employ ...

In concert with Arc-enabled Azure SQL's GA, Microsoft is announcing it is working with a broad network of managed service providers (MSPs) and solution integrators (SIs) to help customers deploy and ...

Microsoft introduced a laundry list of new features today for Windows Azure, including general availability of SQL Server AlwaysOn support, notification hubs and autoscale improvements. The new ...

From how virtual machines can impact your Azure IaaS and Paas uptimes to what to never do, top cloud architect Peter De Tender offers his best tips and tricks for reaching 99.95 percent uptime by ...

With Extended Support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 ending in July 2019, to be followed six months later by the end of Extended Support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 in January 2020 ...

Downtime is expensive, both in dollars and end user trust. As organizations shift more workloads to the Azure cloud, ensuring constant availability and rapid recovery is no longer a nice-to-have -- it ...

As part of Microsoft’s continuous efforts to enhance our cloud offerings, we are pleased to announce that we have expanded our Southeast Asia Azure Region in Singapore. As part of this expansion, ...