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Enterprise-Grade Managed MCP Servers in OCI Provides Agentic Access to Any Oracle Database in the Cloud

After introducing the MCP Server for Oracle AI Database through Oracle SQLcl last summer, the company is releasing the new OCI Managed MCP Service for Oracle AI Database. This provides native, managed ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Expands Azure Database Cost-Saving Options with New Cross-Service Savings Plans

Azure database savings plans cut cloud costs across SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Cosmos DB. Unlike reservations, Azure savings plans offer cross-region, cross-service flexibility with simpler pricing.
Nature

Adaptive lightweight mask R-CNN model for underwater debris instance segmentation and classification towards sustainable marine waste management

The rapid accumulation of marine debris poses a substantial threat to ocean ecosystems, specifically the degradation of plastics, composite materials, and metals. Effective detection and ...
Redmond Magazine

Azure SQL Managed Instance Gains General Availability of SQL Server 2025 Update Policy

Azure SQL Managed Instance gains SQL Server 2025 update policy control. GA policy balances new engine features with operational stability governance. Enhanced update management supports enterprise ...
GitHub

design-first-database-visual-studio-code.md

description Learn to design your first relational database in Azure SQL Database using the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code. For the purpose of this tutorial, we are using Azure SQL Database.
GitHub

migrate-sql-server-users-to-instance-transact-sql-tsql-tutorial.md

# Tutorial: Migrate Windows users and groups in a SQL Server instance to Azure SQL Managed Instance using T-SQL DDL syntax [!INCLUDE[appliesto-sqlmi](../includes ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Implementing Azure Arc for SQL Server

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...
Neowin

Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server gains limited US government support

Microsoft has launched Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server on Windows in the US Government, Virginia region. The Redmond giant called this a "major first step". Microsoft has recently announced that Azure ...
Neowin

SQL Server on Linux gets a vital security update for Azure Key Vault integration

Microsoft has made managing encryption keys more secure for users running SQL Server 2022 CU18 and later on Azure Linux Virtual Machines with Managed Identity. Microsoft has announced that SQL Server ...
Microsoft

Accelerate SQL Server Migration to Azure with Azure Arc

We’re excited to announce a new migration capability in Azure Arc to simplify and accelerate SQL Server migration. This new capability, now generally available, is powered by Azure Database Migration ...
Nature

Navigator - a global database of verified marine protected and managed area regulations and boundaries

Comprehensive, global, and standardized data on ocean regulations are essential to assess protection levels. They are also key to successfully measuring progress towards 30 × 30 goals. ProtectedSeas’ ...