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 ...

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Microsoft has confirmed that it will retire the Database Compare tool in Microsoft Access, marking the end of a long-standing utility used by developers and IT professionals. The tool allowed users to ...

This week, we are excited to kick off SQLCon 2026 alongside FabCon in Atlanta. Bringing these SQL and Fabric communities together creates a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and share what’s next ...

DataStrike, a leader in database, cloud, and business intelligence managed services, is expanding its Microsoft Fabric services to support organizations adopting Microsoft’s unified analytics platform ...

Two zero-day flaws in the form of a denial of service (DoS) issue in .NET and an elevation of privilege (EoP) issue in SQL Server top the agenda for security teams in Microsoft’s latest monthly Patch ...

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Columnstore indexes give great performance to queries that scan large sets of rows (millions of rows typically), and also provides huge savings in storage space. Typical compression rates can be 90%.

Spotify has acquired music database WhoSampled, which provides information about song covers, samples and remixes. The music streaming company quietly announced the acquisition in a blog post ...

At today’s Ignite 2025 event, Microsoft announced one of the biggest Azure data updates in years. The company has announced the general availability of SQL Server 2025. That has come after a long ...