Microsoft’s new Azure database savings plans promise more flexible, cross-service cost reductions than traditional reservations, giving IT teams another lever to manage rising cloud database spend ...

The SQL Server IaaS Agent extension (`SqlIaasExtension`) runs on SQL Server on Azure Windows Virtual Machines (VMs) to automate management and administration tasks. This article provides an overview ...

You can use Azure Database Migration Service via the Azure portal, to migrate databases from an on-premises instance of SQL Server to Azure SQL Database (offline). In this tutorial, learn how to ...

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform suffered a broad multi-hour outage beginning on Monday evening, disrupting two critical layers of enterprise cloud operations. The outage, which lasted over 10 hours, ...

Microsoft has secured a $170.4 million task order to continue supporting the Cloud One program, a cornerstone of the Department of the Air Force’s enterprise cloud strategy. The firm-fixed-price task ...

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Azure outage affected global industries, including airlines and airports Microsoft 365 services impacted by Azure configuration change Outage follows recent Amazon AWS disruption, highlighting tech ...

A technical issue in Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud platform today disrupted several online services operated by the tech giant and its customers. Starbucks Corp., Costco Wholescale Corp. and Capital ...

Microsoft was hit with an outage affecting its Azure and 365 services hours before the company was scheduled to report quarterly results. "We are investigating an issue with the Azure Portal where ...

Microsoft is suffering an ongoing DNS outage affecting customers worldwide, preventing them from logging into company networks and accessing Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 services. Some of those ...

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