ZDNet

Microsoft offers Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 users a new way to extend support for free

Microsoft is offering users on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 a way to keep getting security updates for free after the official support period ends. Read also: Here's ...
ZDNet

Microsoft cancels plans to deliver SQL Server on Windows Containers

Microsoft has "suspended" its SQL Server on Windows Containers project, as announced in a short blog post on July 5. Microsoft is advising those interested in running SQL Server in containers to go ...
Redmond Magazine

Windows Admin Center in Azure Now Has Azure Active Directory Controls

Azure Active Directory authentication capabilities for IT pros using the Windows Admin Center in Azure management console are now commercially released at the "general availability" stage, per a ...
Business Wire

ScaleArc Upgrades Its Software to Support Microsoft Azure SQL Database

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ScaleArc, a leading provider of database load balancing software, announced today that it has integrated its ScaleArc for SQL Server software with Microsoft Azure ...
EDN

Espresso Logic’s Reactive Programming-Based BaaS Now Available on Microsoft Azure Cloud

“As many enterprise customers using Microsoft technologies move to the cloud, we hear time and time again that Azure ­support is high on their list,” said R. Paul Singh, CEO of Espresso Logic. “With ...