The replication feature Microsoft introduced in Windows Server 2012 provides business continuity. Though no substitute for failover clustering, it's an affordable option.
The growth of employee-owned devices and use of cloud services requires advanced protection. Here are six new and emerging products worth considering.
Microsoft has rolled out two new cloud-based solutions in recent days, including Disaster Recovery to Azure and Redis Cache services.
After releasing SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 earlier in the week, Microsoft followed up with the release of the final service pack for the first revision of SQL Server 2008.
As enterprise IT pros face a business imperative to support the management and analysis of Big Data, Microsoft has embraced the call with the latest evolution of SQL Server, support for NoSQL and Hadoop. The changes promise to alter the role of the traditional DBA.
Microsoft has rolled out another version of SQL Server 2008, dubbed Release 2 Service Pack 3.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/30/2014
The first step is to understand the nature of performance monitoring software.
- By Denny Cherry
- 09/08/2014
Microsoft announced a few Azure improvements today that may be of interest for data analysts or developers needing to connect applications to databases or search services.
Organizations should strategically consider using public cloud services for backup and disaster recovery scenarios, according to research and consulting firm Forrester.
Microsoft indicated late last week that it has fixed a problem with SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 that may have affected some of its TechNet or MSDN subscribers.
The question leads to an even more important question: do your users care?
- By Denny Cherry
- 07/16/2014
Microsoft announced this week that it is having problems with ISO releases of SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2.
While NoSQL has taken over many of the duties that the relational database engine used to do, relying only on NoSQL could lead to some issues.
- By Denny Cherry
- 06/26/2014
Microsoft released SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 this week.
Organizations are showing greater interest in using cloud services for database backup and disaster recovery scenarios, according to a Microsoft-sponsored study.