Abstract: XLOG is the centralized log service of the SQL Azure Hyperscale (Hyperscale) distributed database-as-a-service (DBaaS) within Microsoft Azure. It is responsible for disseminating transaction ...

This article guides you through enabling the Microsoft Entra-only authentication with Azure SQL feature within Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance. If you are looking to provision a SQL ...

Transactional replication allows you to replicate data from one database to another hosted on either SQL Server or Azure SQL Managed Instance. SQL Managed Instance can be a publisher, distributor, or ...

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 ...

Which feature in SQL Server and Azure Synapse Analytics lets you run T-SQL queries against external data stores and makes those external sources appear as tables in a SQL database?

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 ...

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 ...

We’re excited to announce a new migration capability in Azure Arc to simplify and accelerate SQL Server migration. This new capability, now generally available, is powered by Azure Database Migration ...

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This tutorial will guide you through the process of using SQL databases with Python, focusing on MySQL as the database management system. You will learn how to set up your environment, connect to a ...

Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed, cloud-native ...