Database backups and restores are key to developing a secure environment for users’ information. A trusted backup plan is a requirement for on-premise and cloud instances. SQL Server database backups ...

Joey on SQL Server The Right Approach to Database Backups Elaborate backups might seem like a good idea at first, but they add unnecessary complexity to your recovery process. Here are some things ...

Using StretchDB, an enterprise can 'stretch' an on-premises database into the cloud, such that 'hot,' heavily used data is stored in the on-premises instance of SQL Server, while 'cold' and ...

Microsoft recently announced several new ways to back up and recover SQL Server databases with Windows Azure. These features, now available in SQL Server 2014 CTP2 and as a standalone tool for prior ...

SQL Server 2014 hit its 'release-to-manufacturing' milestone today, and will go live April 1. Microsoft also launched Windows Azure HD Insight -- the company's 'big data' Hadoop solution.

Microsoft today released the 2022 version of its SQL Server database, which features a number of built-in connections to its Azure cloud.