Third time’s the charm? Microsoft hopes the scalability of Azure HorizonDB, will lure new customers where its two existing PostgreSQL databases did not. Microsoft is previewing a third ...

Microsoft Corp. today is introducing updates across its database portfolio as part of general availability announcements for Azure DocumentDB and SQL Server 2025. The software and cloud giant is also ...

Microsoft Azure experienced a global outage on October 29. Microsoft customer-facing services were affected. Recovery came later that same day, but some problems linger. Last week, Amazon Web Services ...

Microsoft has launched online migration for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. The company says it’ll help organizations move databases with minimal downtime. The feature supports ...

SQL development is evolving fast, and Microsoft.Build.Sql is leading the charge. This next-generation SDK brings flexible project structures, better source control integration, automated build-time ...

Microsoft’s recent launch of a standalone version of the MongoDB compatibility layer for its global-scale Azure Cosmos DB brought back an old name. Back in 2018, when the company unveiled a public ...

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 ...

The increasing adoption of AI technologies is presenting new challenges for our customers’ data estate and applications. Most organizations expect to deploy AI workloads across a hybrid mix of cloud, ...

The period after the dot-com bubble including the financial crisis of 2008 were difficult years for Microsoft. The stock returned a mere 37% compared to Amazon’s 657.9% in the same time frame and ...

Microsoft has mitigated an Azure outage that lasted more than two hours and took down multiple services for customers across North and Latin America. The company says the incident started around 18:22 ...

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing global outage blocking access to some Microsoft 365 and Azure services. "We're currently investigating access issues and degraded performance with multiple ...

Microsoft’s all-in moment on artificial intelligence has been defined by billions in spending and a C.E.O. counting on technology with huge potential and huge risks. Credit...Nigel Buchanan Supported ...