You can change the default point-in-time recovery (PITR) backup retention period by using the Azure portal, PowerShell, or the REST API. The following examples illustrate how to change the PITR ...

Using SQL Server Agent in AzureSQL Managed Instance, you can create and schedule jobs that could be periodically executed against one or many databases. These SQL Agent jobs run Transact-SQL (T-SQL) ...

This article provides an overview of the failover group feature with best practices and recommendations to use with Azure SQL Managed Instance. The failover groups feature allows you to manage the ...

Microsoft has two primary platform as a service (PaaS) offerings for SQL Server running Azure: Azure SQL Database, which is primarily used for new applications that were developed and grown in the ...

Microsoft simplifies Azure SQL Managed Instance regional limits, reducing quota administration and improving enterprise database capacity planning. Azure SQL Managed Instance removes regional subnet ...

How Microsoft is powering organizations forward in the era of AI. Today, businesses across every industry must make significant changes to compete in a rapidly modernizing world. In fact, according to ...

Building cloud-native applications at scale requires choosing your stack carefully. One popular tool is Apache’s Cassandra project, a NoSQL database designed to scale rapidly without affecting ...

A new comparison explains operational statistics, query plans and troubleshooting tools for teams considering SQL migration.

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 ...