With Extended Support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 ending in July 2019, to be followed six months later by the end of Extended Support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 in January 2020 ...

As SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 reach the end of support in 2019, you’ll have an opportunity to upgrade to a cloud database service. Follow this step-by-step guide to manage change effectively as you ...

My last couple of months have been filled with a major migration to Microsoft Azure for a client, who has both a very large data warehouse and an online transaction processing (OLTP) Web site. In all, ...

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Organizations with Enterprise Agreements (EAs) can now move their existing SQL Server licenses to Azure Virtual Machines using prebuilt images, Microsoft announced late last week. Microsoft currently ...

From architecture to security to database compatibility, here's what you need to know to make your cloud migration a success. One of our favorite aspects of technology is that it is constantly ...

As SQL Server 2005 approaches its scheduled end of life, higher ed must decide what to do with existing SQL Server databases. Brien M. Posey is a freelance technical writer who has contributed to ...

Microsoft’s Azure cloud service has soared to become the No. 2 cloud provider behind Amazon Web Services, and although Microsoft will tell you it’s because of the breadth of Azure’s offerings, an ...

Through this process, every single customer was able to successfully migrate its Web applications and SQL databases to the Windows Azure. We weren't surprised—we already had plenty of experience with ...