Announcements March 18 11 min read FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single data platform Welcome to the third annual FabCon and our first ever SQLCon here in Atlanta, Georgia.
Events March 18 6 min read Advancing agentic AI with Microsoft databases across a unified data estate Built on a consistent Microsoft SQL foundation from on premises to the cloud, Azure SQL brings AI capabilities directly into your database experience.
Updates October 20, 2025 4 min read Innovation spotlight: How 3 customers are driving change with migration to Azure SQL Learn how Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance helps organizations move from legacy constraints to a scalable and secure AI-ready foundation.
Updates August 22, 2025 4 min read Accelerating SQL Server 2025 momentum: Announcing the first release candidate We are moving toward general availability of SQL Server 2025 and focusing on delivering enhanced stability, performance, and product improvements.
Thought Leadership January 15, 2025 6 min read The year ahead for SQL Server: Ground to cloud to fabric The “state of the union” in 2025 of Microsoft new releases and capabilities for SQL Server, Azure SQL, SQL database in Fabric, Copilots, and more.
Announcements September 12, 2024 4 min read Modernize your database with the consolidation and retirement of Azure Database Migration tools By migrating their databases to Azure, customers like Ernst and Young are modernizing their data estate and leveraging cutting-edge cloud innovations.
Best Practices August 14, 2024 4 min read Modernize Microsoft SQL Server 2014 workloads with Azure As of July 9, 2024, SQL Server 2014 has reached its end of support.
Updates July 3, 2024 4 min read Announcing the retirement of SQL Server Stretch Database In July 2024, SQL Server Stretch Database will be discontinued for SQL Server 2022, 2019, and 2017.
Updates June 26, 2024 9 min read Getting started with delivering generative AI capabilities in SQL Server and Azure SQL Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL is the data platform to power today’s modern applications with security, performance, and availability.
Best Practices April 25, 2024 4 min read Why migrate Windows Server and SQL Server to Azure: ROI, innovation, and free offers Learn more on how we’re connecting with customers talking about the value of migration.
Announcements March 21, 2024 3 min read Expand the limits of innovation with Azure data Microsoft product enhancements are designed to help make application migration, modernization, and development easier so you can power what’s next.
Announcements November 15, 2023 3 min read Power what’s next with limitless relational databases from Azure We were excited to get back in front of customers at Microsoft Ignite 2023 and PASS Data Community Summit.