Deprecation of popular management tool requires a new look at Azure-based system Microsoft recently announced it will deprecate System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Packs (MPs) for SQL ...

Change signals a shift away from legacy monitoring packs toward modern observability and Azure-based monitoring tools.

Microsoft will retire SCOM SQL monitoring packs in 2027, pushing customers toward Azure Monitor and cloud billing.

Here’s a real-world story: Data collection and analysis is, ironically, for a data management profession, one of the toughest parts of my job. I regularly pull data from our various databases and ...

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 ...

Microsoft SQL Server has been a favorite for years for organizations that want to implement business intelligence (BI) functionality - even in traditionally non-Microsoft shops. Especially since the ...

A new Gartner Magic Quadrant on analytics and business intelligence (BI) is out, and Microsoft is once again in the "Leaders" quadrant (see the figure above). In fact, according to Microsoft, this is ...

It's been a big few weeks for database and analytics news on the Microsoft Azure cloud. On June 27th, Microsoft had various announcements regarding Azure data storage and data integration. And, just ...

Microsoft believes artificial intelligence is so powerful it should be "democratized" so organizations and developers of all types can use it to transform and improve their business practices. In fact ...