Microsoft on Monday announced that Azure Backup for SQL Server had reached "general availability" status, meaning it's deemed ready for production-environment use. This service is used to backup SQL ...

In this white paper, we investigate the SQL Server database backup options in Azure Virtual Machine. We start by explaining the uses and importance of backing up databases. We continue by discussing ...

A solid database backup plan is just as critical in the cloud as it is on-premise, but running SQL Server on Azure virtual machine introduces a few new issues. Presented by Datavail's Andy McDermid ...

Microsoft today announced new features (in preview) for its Azure Backup service. In addition, the company is launching new functionality for its Azure Site Recovery service into preview. The company ...

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Get ready to scale out SQL Azure databases beyond today's 50GB limit with the Transact-SQL and ADO.NET elastic sharding features, which are coming in the 2011 SQL Azure Federation Community Technology ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Data at rest encryption on Azure File Storage isn’t the ...