Microsoft may want to see the Windows 11 backlash as just a desktop problem, but platform erosion on the client side can quickly become a cloud revenue problem. If you look at Microsoft as a ...

Azure SQL Managed Instance gains SQL Server 2025 update policy control. GA policy balances new engine features with operational stability governance. Enhanced update management supports enterprise ...

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 ...

This tutorial shows how to create an Always On availability group for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) within multiple subnets. The complete tutorial creates a Windows Server Failover ...

This tutorial shows how to create an Always On availability group for SQL Server on Azure VMs within a single subnet. The complete tutorial creates an availability group with a database replica on two ...

Two years after the debut of its Quantum Safe Programme (QSP), Microsoft is moving steadily through the process of incorporating post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms into some of the ...

Developers can now build, test, and deploy applications powered by OpenAI’s gpt-oss models within the AI development platform. OpenAI’s new open models are now available through Microsoft’s Azure AI ...

Microsoft is making it easier to migrate to Azure SQL by taking the grunt work out of schema setup. A new update to Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) introduces a built-in schema migration tool ...

At the start of the year, I had picked Microsoft to be the best-positioned hyperscaler, driven by enterprise-focused revenue, Azure's strong growth, and leadership in AI/cloud monetization. My bullish ...

"Hotpatching for Windows Server 2025, made available in preview in 2024, will become generally available as a subscription service on July 1st, 2025. With hotpatching, we are taking what was ...

Apple’s transition to its M Series chips has significantly reshaped the Mac ecosystem, delivering unparalleled performance and energy efficiency. However, this shift also marked the end of Boot Camp, ...