Microsoft released its first full Linux distro: Azure Linux 4.0. Azure Linux ix split into Azure Container Linux and the virtual machine edition. Microsoft effectively admits that it's a de facto ...

Microsoft offers two paths for running enterprise databases: SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same ...

> - Database Level TDE CMK is available for Azure SQL Database (all SQL Database editions). It isn't available for Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on-premises, Azure VMs, and Azure Synapse ...

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...

description Tutorial on how to create a basic environment for Always Encrypted with Intel SGX enclaves in Azure SQL Database, how to encrypt data in-place, and issue rich confidential queries against ...

Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features through PREVIEW_FEATURES. A private preview of SQL Server 2025 began in ...

Discord now allows you to set up a 4-character tag that server members can choose to wear. The tag serves as an advertisement for your server, appearing beside their name. Anyone who clicks on it will ...

As today’s database administrators (DBAs) manage the complexity of modern database environments, particularly containerized systems, they must lean into smart automation to transform database ...

OLYMPIA, Wash — The state of Washington launched a first-of-its-kind public database Monday, aiming to provide unprecedented transparency into police use-of-force incidents across the state. Starting ...

These days you can run Doom anywhere on just about anything, with things like porting Doom to JavaScript these days about as interesting as writing Snake in BASIC on one’s graphical calculator. In a ...