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

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 ...

Abstract: How to effectively diagnose and mitigate database performance anomalies remains a significant concern for modern database systems. Manually identifying the root causes of the anomalies is a ...

Microsoft updated its Azure Container Storage platform promising the trifecta of higher performance, lower latency, and improved resource efficiency for Kubernetes-based storage needs. Azure Container ...

Abstract: Using a machine learning (ML) model as a core component in database knob tuning has demonstrated remarkable advancements in recent years. However, a model that optimizes both categorical and ...

Microsoft has expanded Azure AI Foundry’s fine-tuning tools with support for Direct Preference Optimization and more global regions. If you’ve been waiting to align models faster and smarter, this ...

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.

Organizations are using generative AI to stay ahead of the competition, but the real advantage lies in harnessing the power of your own data securely and at scale. One of the most exciting new ...

Microsoft is expanding its AI model fine-tuning techniques, like RFT and SFT, in Azure AI Foundry. The update brings more control, better performance, and new model support. The notable addition is ...