SQL Server 2025 delivers major performance upgrades alongside licensing changes that can reshape both operational speed and budget strategy. Smarter query execution, refined CPU scheduling, and better ...

Licensing models and costs have undergone significant changes over the past year, leaving companies at an expensive crossroads if they don’t modernise and manage their licensing effectively, writes ...

Microsoft fixes Windows Server bug that caused unintended 2025 upgrades. Admins can safely check for updates again.

Create a SQL license assignment In the following procedure, you navigate from Cost Management + Billing to Reservations + Hybrid Benefit. Don't navigate to Reservations from the Azure home page. By ...

The centralized Azure Hybrid Benefit experience in the Azure portal supports SQL Server license assignments at the account level or at a particular subscription level. When the assignment is created ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Microsoft Security Response Center has confirmed that a SQL Server elevation of ...

This brief explains how Multiplexing may impact the licensing needs of Microsoft customers. “Multiplexing” is when individuals use hardware or software to pool connections, reroute or indirectly ...

In select U.S. states, residents can add their driver's license or state ID to the Apple Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, and then use it to display proof of identity or age at select ...

If you’re licensing your virtual SQL Servers by core, you may be missing out on a significant opportunity to reduce costs. By reviewing and potentially reducing the number of CPU cores allocated to ...

Below is a summary of changes and updates made to the terms over the past 12 months. To see prior months, change the effective date in the top navigation to view a prior publish date. Subscribe to the ...

A new Florida law makes it illegal to obstruct any part of a license plate, including numbers and registration stickers. The law targets tinted covers and devices designed to hide plates from law ...

The Minnesota Department of Human Services has issued a two-year moratorium on licensing for Home and Community-Based Services, a Medicaid program that helps people with disabilities receive care in ...