Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks.

When you need a SQL database fast, the cloud is the best way to go. Azure provides a SQL database as a PaaS that eliminates the need to get an entire SQL Server deployment up and running.

Microsoft's premade templates allows for the deployment of SQL databases without having to use complex PowerShell commands.

Creating a database as you've described is a lot of work, and as others have mentioned their might be better alternatives than a relational database. (or at least the typical structure for a ...

Microsoft began taking sign ups for its SQL Azure Reporting Services public test build on the same day that rival Salesforce unveiled its plans for a cloud database of its own.

SQL Server 2022 also includes enhanced support for JSON data, query intelligence for better performance and a Ledger feature that enables blockchain-style tamper-proofing in the database.