SQL best practices assessment for SQL Server on Azure VMs [!INCLUDE appliesto-sqlvm] The SQL best practices assessment feature of the Azure portal identifies possible performance issues and evaluates ...

Introducing a new cloud billing option for SQL Server customers, providing pay-as-you-go flexibility across on-premises and cloud environments. License by vCore [4]New Allows customers to elect to ...

You try to create a quiesced snapshot of your Windows 11 virtual machine, but the operation fails because the VMware Snapshot Provider service is completely absent from the services list. This ...

As Microsoft phases out older Exchange Server versions, IT leaders are facing new decisions about how to stay compliant and cost-efficient. Understanding the current licensing landscape for Windows ...

As workers remain concerned about AI replacing jobs, employers are simultaneously creating remote jobs for workers who know ...

The SQL Server adapter for ActiveRecord using SQL Server 2012 or higher. We follow a rational versioning policy that tracks Rails. That means that our 7.x version of the adapter is only for the latest ...

Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's own Fedora-derived Linux distro for Azure cloud workloads. Here is how it compares to Ubuntu, ...

Microsoft is fundamentally updating its cloud distribution Azure Linux. Version 4.0 relies on a modern base and increased ...

Microsoft used Build 2026 to launch seven in-house MAI models, new Cobalt 200 silicon and the Majorana 2 quantum chip, a ...

Linux now powers much of Azure, and Microsoft maintains its own Linux distribution to support cloud infrastructure and ...