Microsoft adds instant access incremental snapshots to Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk, enabling near-instant restores.

Abstract: Azure SQL DB offers disaggregated storage architecture called Hyperscale. While this architecture provides storage scale out, it comes at the cost of performance of I/O from remote storage.

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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a malicious Google Chrome extension that's capable of stealing API keys associated with MEXC, a centralized cryptocurrency exchange (CEX) available ...

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 ...

Threat actors with ties to China have been attributed to a novel campaign that compromised an ArcGIS system and turned it into a backdoor for more than a year. The activity, per ReliaQuest, is the ...

Microsoft has released GitHub Copilot for Azure as an extension for Visual Studio 2022. It integrates a set of Azure dev tools within GitHub Copilot Agent Mode. Microsoft has launched a public preview ...

Microsoft is bringing its Azure-aware Copilot experience to Visual Studio 2022. The new GitHub Copilot for Azure extension, now in Public Preview for newer Visual Studio 2022 editions, surfaces Azure ...

I would like the MSSQL extension to include the Manage window that currently exists in Azure Data Studio (ADS). This would help me because: Microsoft is deprecating ADS and recommending migration to ...

Microsoft and the NFL announced a multiyear extension of their partnership to bring real-time game data and analysis to the sidelines using Microsoft Copilot and Azure AI. The partnership will upgrade ...

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 ...