Thinking about backing up your SQL Server database to the cloud? There are compelling reasons to do, writes the SQL Server Team in a blog post. “Not only will you have an offsite copy of your data for business continuity and disaster recovery purposes,” but you can also save on capital expenditures by using Microsoft Azure for cost-effective storage.
The limited public preview of the Microsoft Azure Intelligent Systems Service, launched three months ago, has generated so much interest that the preview will be expanded to include more companies, writes Barb Edson, general manager of marketing for Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise.
MSDN subscribers now have access to discounted offers for public cloud manual testing, public cloud automated testing and private cloud automated testing. Azure users who are not MSDN subscribers can buy Perfecto Mobile through the Azure Store.
PolyBase has evolved into a key integrative component that gives users a simple way to query data stored in heterogeneous data stores – such as those on-premises and in the cloud (Microsoft Azure) – bringing together Microsoft data services to form one complete data platform solution.
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