Despite its SaaS promise, Microsoft Fabric has faced multiple unaddressed outages in recent months, prompting calls for better transparency, postmortem reporting and official communication from IT professionals left in the dark.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 06/20/2025
Microsoft's continued focus on SQL Server 2025 highlights the lasting demand for on-premises and hybrid deployments that prioritize performance, control and flexibility for enterprise workloads.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 05/23/2025
At Microsoft Build, SQL Server 2025 enters public preview with major enhancements in AI integration, performance, reliability and developer tools -- reaffirming Microsoft’s continued investment in its flagship on-premises database platform.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 05/19/2025
Facing rising trade tensions and anxiety over data sovereignty, Microsoft unveils a plan to shore up its European cloud footprint -- one that could reset how U.S. cloud giants operate abroad.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 04/30/2025
A recent update to Azure Managed Disks offers improved storage throughput and IOPS, but testing shows Premium V2 still leads in consistency under heavy load.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 04/22/2025
Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 03/24/2025
Tech giants are betting big on AI. But Is the $325 billion investment chasing real growth or just hype?
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 02/25/2025
Microsoft's challenge with Fabric lies in balancing the needs of data engineers and smaller Power BI-focused users, while addressing concerns around feature gaps, security and usability in its expansive analytics suite.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 01/22/2025
While they might not have made Nadella's keynote, these upcoming enhancements to Azure and Microsoft security are worth paying attention to.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 12/06/2024
While Fabric has improved in the year since its release, there are still some glaring issues with the platform.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 11/19/2024
Expect the next generation of Microsoft's database platform to show up in preview sometime next year.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 11/19/2024
Microsoft is normally tight-lipped about Fabric's architecture, but it briefly bucked tradition earlier this month.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 10/23/2024