Microsoft today announced several security-oriented improvements for Azure SQL Database, a managed relational database available on the Azure public cloud.

Microsoft announced five Windows Azure improvements yesterday, including SQL Server AlwaysOn support.

The Always Encrypted feature for Microsoft’s Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2016 is now generally available, the company said. It keeps data encrypted at all times, showing it in plaintext ...

In an announcement made on Monday, Microsoft announced five Windows Azure improvements, including support for SQL Server AlwaysOn.

Microsoft has now delivered its SQL Server AlwaysOn technology to support VMs running in Windows Azure. The technology works with SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server 2014, although SQL Server 2014 is ...