The world tried to kill Andy off but he had to stay alive to to talk about what happened with databases in 2025.

Microsoft Azure experienced simultaneous outages, disrupting access to websites, apps, and cloud-connected services across industries on Wednesday afternoon. The dual failure triggered widespread ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

mssql-python is a Python driver for Microsoft SQL Server and the Azure SQL family of databases. It leverages Direct Database Connectivity (DDBC) that enables direct connections to SQL Server without ...

Cloudy Tactics: In another effort to steer Windows customers toward Azure, Microsoft is offering a new tool that converts virtual machines between two formats. The goal is to help organizations stay ...

Microsoft has launched two new VM sizes -- E128 and E192 -- in the Azure Esv6 and Edsv6 families, now generally available in select regions as of August 1, 2025. These new instances use the 5th‑Gen ...

We’re excited to announce a new migration capability in Azure Arc to simplify and accelerate SQL Server migration. This new capability, now generally available, is powered by Azure Database Migration ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

AMD just unveiled new EPYC 4005 Series processors, targeting small and medium-sized businesses and hosted IT service providers with price and performance-competitive enterprise servers and ...

Delivers 3.3x more density than traditional 1U servers, maximizing savings on data center rack space, power, and lowering overall TCO Offers up to 10 physically separated server nodes per chassis, ...