Using a connection to Azure Arc, which is part of the SQL Server 2022 setup process, on-premises users can now also opt for cloud-enabled billing to manage consumption spikes or for ad hoc use cases.

Check out Part 2 of this interview, where we focus more on on-premises SQL Server.We discuss how these processes have improved the engineering process, and how Microsoft is focusing on the ...

Microsoft Defender for Cloud can protect on-premises SQL databases through SQL Server Extension for Azure, which can now be installed when setting up SQL Server, and users can use Azure AD ...

Next, using a feature called Azure Synapse Link, operational data in SQL 2022 can be replicated, silently and in the background, to dedicated pools (data warehouse instances) in Azure Synapse ...

Microsoft plans to release a "General Purpose" version of its Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance (MI) at the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage, "starting July 30, 2021." ...

Microsoft adds retail pricing and cost breakdowns to SQL Server migration assessments in Azure Arc, making planning faster and easier.

As an example of how SQL Server 2022 works beyond Azure environments, Defender for SQL can monitor your SQL Server workloads on-premises or in other clouds and warn you about various performance ...

Basically, you create a link between your on-premises database instance and an Azure SQL Database by turning on the “remote data archive” feature in SQL Server 2016, providing your Azure admin ...

Microsoft announces completion of cross-platform SQL Server, GDPR compliance for Office 365, plus Azure Stack ...

Also, they can connect SQL Server 2025 with Azure Arc to manage a hybrid SQL Server data estate at scale. Microsoft is also offering pay-as-you-go licensing for on-premises customers.