Great app migration takes enterprise “on-prem” applications to the Cloud Taking existing code to the Azure or Google cloud platform isn't hard, but mind the security gaps.

Microsoft Corp. today announced a slew of new services and updates to its Azure public cloud platform designed to make it easier for users to migrate database workloads to its cloud data centers.

To assist with the migration, Microsoft permits existing on-premises licenses to be transferred to the Azure cloud, and also offers a 180-day transition period during which a single license ...

The new version of Microsoft's flagship database comes with a slew of cloud-oriented features, including integration with Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse Analytics, and the Azure Purview data ...

Microsoft's Azure AD Connect tool is rolling out to all Azure Active Directory and Office 365 business customers, and Azure SQL Data Warehouse is now in limited public preview.

For example, Microsoft could charge for Azure SQL database on-premises in the same way they do for cloud Azure.

My last couple of months have been filled with a major migration to Microsoft Azure for a client, who has both a very large data warehouse and an online transaction processing (OLTP) Web site. In ...