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An Azure Active Directory Basic licensing option is now available for commercial use. Until now, Azure AD had only been available as free and Premium versions and the Basic option now plugs the gap in between. The Basic option is designed as a solution for…

Microsoft has announced new workload optimised images for SQL Server, providing greater performance and simplified setup when running data warehousing and OLTP workloads in Azure. Designed to reduce IT administrative overheads and improve performance, the new images help organisations move more of their business databases…

Microsoft today announced that it will release the August patch on Tuesday 12th. This month’s updates include critical and important fixes SQL Server, and the .NET Framework.

Microsoft has announced that it has acquired cloud-based business continuity vendor InMage. Microsoft identified that “the ability to backup, replicate and quickly recover data and applications in case of a system failure”* as being incredibly important to customers and the acquisition of InMage provides this…

Microsoft is first major public cloud provider to receive “OFFICIAL” Security Classification level from the UK Government. This means that in utilising Microsoft Azure, clients can be assured of the integrity of their data and its confidentiality. Read more about what this means for your…

The world’s leading information technology research and advisory company Gartner has released its “Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Magic Quadrant 2014” report, naming Microsoft as a Leader. The report states “Microsoft has a vision of infrastructure and platform services that are not only leading…

Microsoft is planning to ship one last Service Pack for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 later this year, with mainstream support scheduled to end on July 8th and Extended Support continuing until July 9th 2019. The Service Packs will be a packaging and release…

SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 (SP2) RTM is now available for download on the Microsoft Download Center. According to the official Microsoft SQL Server Blog, “SQL Server 2012 SP2 contains fixes to issues that have been reported through our customer feedback platforms and Hotfix…