Microsoft’s new Azure database savings plans promise more flexible, cross-service cost reductions than traditional reservations, giving IT teams another lever to manage rising cloud database spend ...

Recent SQL Server 2025, Azure SQL, SSMS 22 and Fabric announcements highlight new event streaming and vector search capabilities, plus expanding monitoring and ontology tooling -- with tradeoffs in ...

AWS is announcing the general availability of a new express configuration for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, a streamlined database creation experience with preconfigured defaults designed to help users ...

Microsoft is blocking a method to deploy and automate Windows 11 and Server 2025 installations. The company has explained why. Microsoft recently issued a security fix for a critical network-based ...

Samsung is sunsetting its own chat app while Apple adds end-to-end encryption to its already-live RCS, hinting that the final texting firewall might soon drop. Meanwhile, Cloudflare drafts a ...

Microsoft is testing redesigned achievements and giving Xbox Insiders more control over what games show up in their achievement list. The UK's antitrust regulator is looking into Microsoft's possible ...

A Microsoft account has some advantages, but a local account is fine for Windows 11. Microsoft doesn't make it easy to set up a local account on a new PC. There are workarounds, but they depend on ...

Microsoft is commemorating our 50-year anniversary by celebrating the achievements of our employees, customers and partners that have dreamt, built and used Microsoft technology as a force for good, ...

That’s where Azure Advanced Threat Protection comes in handy. It’s like a digital security guard for your Azure environment, ...