Which feature in SQL Server and Azure Synapse Analytics lets you run T-SQL queries against external data stores and makes those external sources appear as tables in a SQL database?

Microsoft offers two paths for running enterprise databases: SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same ...

Cloud-native architectures built on auto-scaling virtual machines, platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and serverless platforms have transformed enterprise IT. However, this transformation has also expanded ...

As our platform evolves, we're looking for a senior Database Administrator with deep Azure SQL expertise to help us manage performance, scalability, and cost in a more structural and proactive way.

Another year passes. I was hoping to write more articles instead of just these end-of-the-year screeds, but I almost died in the spring semester, and it sucked up my time. Nevertheless, I will go ...

It shouldn’t be a surprise that there’s a lot of Azure you can run on premises, thanks to platforms like Azure Stack. But there’s more to on-premises Azure than the familiar platforms and services.

The staff at nonprofit Washington School Information Processing Cooperative (WSIPC) align to one philosophy: “Inspired by education. Empowered by technology.” It’s that philosophy-turned-mission that ...

Creating a [single database](single-database-overview.md) is the quickest and simplest option for creating a database in Azure SQL Database. This quickstart shows you how to create a single database ...

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