As part of our continued commitment to provide regular and frequent updates to SQL Azure, I am pleased to announce Service Update 4 (SU4). SU4 is now live with three new updates - database copy, improved help system, and deployment of our web-based tool...

Today Microsoft is releasing to web an important update to the SSMA (SQL Server Migration Assistant) family of products which includes support for both Access and MySQL. This release makes it possible to move data directly and easily from local Microsoft...

During his keynote speech at the Worldwide Partner Conference in July, Microsoft President Bob Muglia announced that the third Community Technology Preview of “Dallas” would be available within 30 days. Today, we are thrilled to announce the...

Microsoft just released two new benchmark reports for Windows Server AppFabric and Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0. These reports can be downloaded from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/stocktrader-benchmarks.aspx . The first looks at the...

Today we are excited to announce the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS August 2010 Release. This release represents a significant expansion of the capabilities of AppFabric Access Control. As you know, we released the Access Control service back in April to...