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SQL Server on Azure Local is now generally available
With SQL Server on Azure Local, customers can modernize where their data resides while maintaining control over infrastructure, connectivity, and data placement.
What’s next for SQL? Performance, scale, AI, and developer productivity at the European SQL Community Conference
Join Microsoft Fabric and SQL Community Conference 2026 in Barcelona to explore SQL Server 2025, Azure SQL Database Hyperscale, developer productivity tools, and the future of AI-powered data platforms.
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SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups Supported between Microsoft Azure Regions
Last year we announced the support of SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups on Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services. -
Why SQL Server runs best on Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services offers many ways to optimize your on-premises data and data platform projects from development and test of new SQL Server applications to migrating existing on-premises SQL Server instances on the latest images of SQL Server to cost effective hybrid scenarios such as database backup and extended business continuity. -
Real-time predictive analytics in the cloud
Predictive analytics has greatly empowered organizations across industries. -
SQL Server 2012 SP2 is now available!
Microsoft is pleased to announce the release of SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2. -
Announcing the preview of Apache HBase clusters inside Microsoft Azure HDInsight
On June 3, Microsoft announced an update to HDInsight to support Hadoop 2. -
Microsoft releases HDInsight for Hadoop 2.4 And Gains 100x Performance Increase
Yesterday at the Hadoop Summit, Microsoft announced that Azure HDInsight now supports Hadoop 2. -
Microsoft updates its Hadoop cloud solution
Hadoop Summit kicked of today in San Jose, and T. K. -
PolyBase in APS – Yet another SQL over Hadoop solution?
This blog post will highlight PolyBase’s truly unique approach focusing on: Query capabilities across various heterogeneous data sources – on-premises and cloud (Microsoft Azure) bringing Microsoft data services together forming one complete data platform solution Total freedom for users with no lockdown, agnostic to the actual Hadoop distribution and/or underlying operating system Faster insights from […] -
Virginia Tech Exec Q&A
Virginia Tech is using the Microsoft Azure Cloud to create cloud-based tools to assist with medical breakthroughs via next-generation sequence (NGS) analysis. -
Edgenet Exec Q&A
Edgenet provides optimized product data for suppliers, retailers and search engines. -
Architecture of the Microsoft Analytics Platform System
In today’s world of interconnected devices and broad access to more and more data, the ability to glean ambient insight from the variety of data sources has been made quite hard by the variety and speed with which data is being delivered. -
SQL Server 2014 is Customer Tested!
At Microsoft, we have an important program in place to work closely with our customers to ensure high-quality, real-world testing of Microsoft SQL Server before it hits the market for general availability.
