Microsoft to remove crucial SQL Server on Linux VM images, forcing temporary manual installs

Microsoft is deprecating all Linux-based SQL Server VM images from the Azure Marketplace for new deployments. This shift to a ...
InfoQ

Microsoft Announces the Preview of Serverless for Hyperscale in Azure SQL Database

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GeekWire

Microsoft rolls out new performance-scaling features for Azure databases, including serverless Azure SQL

Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of its Cloud and AI Group, speaks at Microsoft Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Cloud customers are getting used to the idea of paying ...
ZDNet

Microsoft releases preview of new Azure 'serverless compute' service to take on AWS Lambda

Microsoft is making available a preview of a "="" service"=""> to compete with AWS Lambda. Microsoft is open sourcing the runtime for Azure Functions, said Microsoft's chief of Cloud and Enterprise, ...
GeekWire

Microsoft links its new Cosmos DB database to serverless technology for Azure developers

Microsoft’s Cosmos DB database can now be used at the center of an event-driven app built with serverless technologies. (Microsoft Image) Microsoft’s strategy for helping its customers use one of the ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Tool for VS Code Enables Serverless, SQL-Based Big Data Analytics on Azure Cloud

Microsoft updated its extension for tying its lightweight Visual Studio Code editor into the Azure cloud for serverless, SQL-based Big Data analytics. Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio Code ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft Azure Functions locks in on serverless computing

Microsoft’s Azure cloud service has had a rocky journey to where it is today. Its initial focus on delivering PaaS was clearly too early for the rest of the industry, and it was only a pivot to ...