Microsoft broke new ground in scalability when it launched Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. Here's what it took to make Microsoft's hyperscale vision work with the existing Azure infrastructure.

Data transfer costs have been reduced, and the maximum SQL Azure database size has been tripled, to 150GB, with no change in price. Service Bus pricing has also been simplified, with the new ...

The maximum database size of SQL Azure, which is the database management part of the Windows Azure service, has been expanded. Previously, SQL Azure storage was available at 50 GB maximum.

BigStock Photo. Microsoft is making a series of enhancements to its Azure SQL Database, including a new “Premium RS” tier, as the big public cloud providers roll out new database products and ...

The maximum database size of SQL Azure, which is the database management part of the Windows Azure service, has been expanded. Previously, SQL Azure storage was available at 50 GB maximum. The SQL ...

In December Microsoft tripled the maximum SQL Azure database size from 50 GB to 150 GB and set a price cap of $499.95 per database.. Microsoft, in a blog announcing the reduced pricing and the new ...

With the new SQL Azure database features, the maximum database size for SQL Azure will triple, moving from 50GB to 150GB. In addition, ...

Some Microsoft Azure cloud customers in Europe are reporting they are hitting capacity limits are unable to spin up virtual machines in their regions. Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior Contributing ...