Microsoft is moving another core database management component into the cloud, continuing its broader shift away from traditional on-premises infrastructure. According to Neowin, the company has ...

Spending on Google search ads rose 13% year over year in Q4 2025, up from 10% in Q3, based on Tinuiti’s latest benchmark report. Click growth for advertisers hit its strongest rate since early 2021, ...

Azure SQL Query Store now captures read-only queries, expanding performance visibility beyond transactional workloads DBAs can analyze execution plans and runtime statistics for primary and read-only ...

Azure Data Studio will be retired in February 2026. Therefore, this extension will not be developed further. Similar functionality for Visual Studio Code exists in extensions like: ColorTabs.

Abstract: The growing volume of performance-critical parameters in distributed storage systems, coupled with diverse and dynamic workload patterns, has significantly increased the complexity of system ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

Microsoft has launched Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server on Windows in the US Government, Virginia region. The Redmond giant called this a "major first step". Microsoft has recently announced that Azure ...

Microsoft is making it easier to migrate to Azure SQL by taking the grunt work out of schema setup. A new update to Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) introduces a built-in schema migration tool ...

When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse gases. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Graphics by Harry Stevens From uninvited results at the ...

Abstract: The advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) has significantly advanced Text-to-SQL tasks in recent years. However, these models still face considerable challenges when applied in practice, ...

Organizations are using generative AI to stay ahead of the competition, but the real advantage lies in harnessing the power of your own data securely and at scale. One of the most exciting new ...