Recently, I was approached by a small but growing technology company with an urgent problem: Microsoft’s announcement regarding the retirement of Azure Database for MariaDB had caught them completely ...

This book aims to introduce Azure SQL managed databases, how does it fare? Businesses are increasingly aware of the advantages of cloud-based systems (e.g. cost savings, scalability), this has ...

Due to my background working with other major database platforms such as Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, I’ve long been an advocate for the SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA). This powerful and easy ...

SQL Server on Azure Local is generally available. Review disconnected deployment requirements, separate licensing, and ...

What are the challenges for migrating applications into Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud? There are a number of potential challenges when you migrate an application from an on-premises infrastructure ...

SQL Server end of support is a recurring cost. Ascent argues moving to versionless Azure SQL ends the upgrade cycle – once, ...

Help4Access Achieves Microsoft Solutions Partner Designation for Legacy Database Modernization San Francisco, United ...

Microsoft has launched a limited preview of Migration Accelerator, a tool that automates the migration of workloads away from a VMware virtualized data center or Amazon Web Services cloud into ...

The cloud is becoming increasingly distributed, with container technologies allowing easy deployment of what had been cloud functionality to devices at the edge of the network. What began with ...