SQL Server

Power what’s next with limitless relational databases from Azure

At Microsoft, we’re seeing firsthand how data is powering incredible innovation and accelerating more than just a platform shift, it is changing the way we do everything. AI and generative AI are not futuristic abstract concepts, they are being deployed by millions every day, transforming every industry. Tapping into the full potential of that opportunity requires …

Power what’s next with limitless relational databases from Azure Continue Reading

Microsoft Azure AI, data, and application innovations help turn your AI ambitions into reality

Welcome to Microsoft Ignite 2023! The past year has been one of true transformation. Companies are seeing real benefits today and are eager to explore what’s next—including how they can do more with their data investments, build intelligent applications, and uncover what AI can do for their business. We recently commissioned a study through IDC …

Microsoft Azure AI, data, and application innovations help turn your AI ambitions into reality Continue Reading

Protect your web apps from modern threats with Microsoft Defender for Cloud

This blog was co-written with Loren Lachapelle, Dotan Patrich, and Assaf Berenson. In this era of AI-driven competition, enterprises of all sizes have prioritized the value of migrating their app development from on-premises to the cloud. As developers rapidly publish new cloud applications, bad actors are equally relentless in seeking new ways to exploit misconfigured …

Protect your web apps from modern threats with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Continue Reading

Octo Tempest crosses boundaries to facilitate extortion, encryption, and destruction

Microsoft has been tracking activity related to the financially motivated threat actor Octo Tempest, whose evolving campaigns represent a growing concern for organizations across multiple industries. Octo Tempest leverages broad social engineering campaigns to compromise organizations across the globe with the goal of financial extortion. With their extensive range of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), …

Octo Tempest crosses boundaries to facilitate extortion, encryption, and destruction Continue Reading

Proactively secure your Google Cloud Resources with Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Introduction  In today’s digital landscape, where over 90 percent of organizations have embraced multicloud1 solutions, security teams face the growing complexity of maintaining robust security controls and cloud security posture across multi-cloud environments. Microsoft Defender for Cloud offers protection for cloud infrastructure, applications, and data providing a single contextual view of cloud risks across Azure, Amazon Web …

Proactively secure your Google Cloud Resources with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Continue Reading

Defending new vectors: Threat actors attempt SQL Server to cloud lateral movement

Microsoft security researchers recently identified a campaign where attackers attempted to move laterally to a cloud environment through a SQL Server instance. This attack technique demonstrates an approach we’ve seen in other cloud services such as VMs and Kubernetes cluster, but not in SQL Server. The attackers initially exploited a SQL injection vulnerability in an …

Defending new vectors: Threat actors attempt SQL Server to cloud lateral movement Continue Reading