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 ...

Microsoft continues to bring Azure-based managed services to Azure Arc, the hybrid and multi-cloud platform. At BUILD 2021, held last week, the company announced the availability of Platform as a ...

Microsoft may have promised multiple future releases of on-premises Windows Server, but that doesn’t mean you continue to manage and use those servers the way you always have. Key to Windows Server’s ...

Microsoft has added Azure management capabilities to Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), per a Friday announcement. Azure Arc-enabled SCVMM is currently at the preview ...

As Mary Jo Foley reported this week, hybrid cloud drew a cluster of announcements at Microsoft Ignite. Among them were announcements for general availability of Azure Arc enabled server that enables ...

One of the more interesting announcements at Microsoft’s 2019 Ignite conference was Azure Arc, a new management tool for hybrid cloud application infrastructures. Building on Azure concepts, Arc is ...

Microsoft makes Azure Arc-enabled Extended Security Updates generally available for Windows Server 2016 legacy workloads. Azure Arc ESUs provide critical security updates after Windows Server 2016 ...

At its Ignite 2021 virtual conference this week, Microsoft announced updates across Azure Arc, its service that brings Azure products and management to multiple clouds, edge devices, and datacenters ...

‘When you think about what we’re doing versus what our competition or what other vendors are doing, we provide the most flexible solution -- bar none,’ said Arpan Shah, the general manager leading ...

Initially announced in 2019, Azure Arc is a strategic technology for Microsoft to expand its footprint to the enterprise data center and other public cloud platforms. Azure Arc is the only offering ...

Microsoft today announced a slew of new collaboration and productivity services to kick off its Ignite conference in Orlando, Florida. Azure took the spotlight, headlined by Azure Arc -- which ...