Azure database savings plans cut cloud costs across SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Cosmos DB. Unlike reservations, Azure savings plans offer cross-region, cross-service flexibility with simpler pricing.

The Azure SQL Database REST API provides management operations for SQL databases, elastic pools, servers, failover groups, and firewall rules. It supports database creation, scaling, backup management ...

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“Each new service that we add to our architecture requires a lot of work across different teams. Since we already had native vector support with Azure SQL Database, we only had to write the code that ...

If Passive Mode is enabled, Microsoft Defender Antivirus scans files without taking action. It finds and reports malware and security threats to your security console, but it does not quarantine files ...

Microsoft has announced a new January 2026 update for Microsoft Azure Database for MySQL (Flexible Server), continuing its broader push toward tighter Azure monitoring and platform standardization. As ...

Microsoft is standardizing Landing Zone deployments around Azure Verified Modules. The Platform Landing Zone Bicep implementation is now generally available and uses AVM modules exclusively, ...

Azure DevOps Server is now generally available, marking its transition to a production-ready on-premises offering for teams that need to self-host their DevOps platform. The GA release packages ...

Enterprises need data, and data needs to be stored, with a flexible, portable environment that scales from developers’ laptops to global clouds. That storage also needs to be able to run on any OS and ...

Microsoft has announced a new Deployment Agent for Azure Copilot, which is now rolling out in preview. The company says that it brings a more guided and automated approach to deploying cloud workloads ...

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 ...

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