SQL Azure maximum database size rises from 10GB to 50GB in June

At Mix we announced that we will be offering a new 50gb size option in June. If you would like to become an early adopter of this new size option before generally available, send an email to EngageSA@microsoft.com  and it will auto-reply with instructions to fill out a survey to nominate your application that requires greater than 10gb of storage.

Other announcements included:

  • MARS in April: Execute multiple batches in a single connection
  • Spatial Data in June: Geography and geometry types
  • SQL Azure Labs: provides a place where you can access incubations and early preview bits for products and enhancements to SQL Azure. Currently OData Service for SQL Azure.

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This article is part of the GWB Archives. Original Author: Eric Nelson

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