Month: September 2022

We are excited to announce gated preview of Long-term backup retention (LTR) feature for Azure SQL Hyperscale databases. In this blog we are going to discuss how Hyperscale LTR feature works and how to enable LTR on Azure SQL Hyperscale databases.
&nbs… Continue reading Long-term backup retention(LTR) on Azure SQL Hyperscale service tier is now in preview→

We are excited to announce general availability of read-access geo-zone redundant storage (RA-GZRS) option for Azure SQL Hyperscale databases. In this blog post we will look into how RA-GZRS works and how to configure your Azure SQL Hyperscale database… Continue reading Read-access geo-zone redundant storage (RA-GZRS) now available for Azure SQL Hyperscale databases→

Today, you can deploy SQL Server on Ubuntu based Azure virtual machines (VMs) in one of the three ways:
 

Option 1: Use the pre-configured Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu Pro Azure marketplace image for the Azure virtual machine(VM) creation.
Opti… Continue reading Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu pro-The preferred choice for deploying SQL Server on Ubuntu in Azure!→

This article is intended to guide you in supporting ES6 Modules import on Node.js on Windows App Service and also an introduction to ES modules as well as ES import.
 
Node.js has two module systems:
1)  CommonJS modules and
2)… Continue reading Supporting ES6 import on Windows App Service (Node.js/IISNode)→

As LUIS Language Understanding enters end-of-life, I’ve been getting some requests for guidance on how to smoothly migrate to the new CLU (Conversational Language Understanding), the spiritual successor to LUIS and part of the new Azure Cognitive Servi… Continue reading Moving from LUIS to CLU in Bot Composer Projects→

This blog is co-authored with Lei He, Melinda Ma, Qinying Liao, Binggong Ding and Sheng Zhao
 
Neural text to speech (Neural TTS) is a powerful speech synthesis capability of Azure cognitive services. It enables users to conver… Continue reading Introducing AI-generated voices for Azure neural text to speech service→

The article is published here on the Azure SQL Blog: 
Revamped SQL Permission system for Principle of Least Privilege and external policies – internals
 
Hierarchical SQL permissions Continue reading Revamped SQL Permission system for Principle of Least Privilege and external policies – internals→

Going to the Augmented Enterprise Summit (formerly known as EWTS) this year? Be sure to check out the Microsoft booth in the Expo hall and meet with our awesome team of Mixed Reality experts onsite! 
 
Microsoft will be a Principal Sponsor at… Continue reading [Event Announcement] Microsoft @ Augmented Enterprise Summit 2022→