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

Microsoft has announced that SCOM Management Packs for SSRS, PBIRS, and SSAS will reach End of Support in January 2027, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...