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Microsoft today is announcing new capabilities for running applications in containers — an alternative to more traditional virtual machines — both on its Azure public cloud and in companies’ ...

Microsoft has suspended its SQL Server on Windows Container beta “with immediate effect”, citing ecosystem challenges. Microsoft senior program manager Amit Khandelwal said: “Due to the existing ...

If you haven’t been paying a lot of attention, you might have missed the rise of a new form of virtualization, based at the operating system level, called “containers.” While there are many specific ...

The beta program is being put on ice for the "foreseeable future." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft's SQL Server on ...

Going forward, there is little question that containers have become firmly established as the technology of choice for application deployment – at least until such a time as alternative approaches ...

Databases usually lag behind other servers in moving to new architecture, but containerization brings enough major improvements to convince even the most old-school DBAs. When Microsoft announced back ...