Previous News | Next News This weeks Azure updates & news. This time around I think the most popular item is the fact that Azure keeps evolving by offering a brand new family of virtual machines available globally, this time aimed at the lower end of the market with lower pricing. Don’t forget, Azure news can also be heard on the ‘Need to Know‘ podcast with Robert Crane and myself. Here is the audio only version of this news: Password length for Azure Virtual Machines Something that has snuck in quietly in the background when using the Azure Portal, they have changed…

Next News This weeks Azure updates & news. The biggest news is SQL Server 2016, it’s what Azure started out with. Don’t forget, Azure news can also be heard on the ‘Need to Know‘ podcast. Here is the audio only version of this news: Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Microsoft is touting SQL Server 2016 as one of its biggest product releases. “It’s a wrap” is what people are saying about the new SQL Server 2016, a few cool points: Stretch Database, a technology that aims to reduce storage costs while keeping large amounts of historical data available for querying in Azure JSON…