Abstract: Azure SQL DB offers disaggregated storage architecture called Hyperscale. While this architecture provides storage scale out, it comes at the cost of performance of I/O from remote storage.

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Python support for Azure Functions is based on Python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, and 3.13 serverless hosting on Linux and the Functions 4.0 runtime.

I am a Backend Developer and Software Engineer with a solid background in Artificial Intelligence in academic and professional fields, looking forwa ...

Enterprises need data, and data needs to be stored, with a flexible, portable environment that scales from developers’ laptops to global clouds. That storage also needs to be able to run on any OS and ...

NOTE: This article was published yesterday (30/10/2025), but due to some technical issues it went offline. Microsoft has officially added Python 3.14 to Azure App Service for Linux. Developers can now ...

e.g. when using Python FastAPI without Azure Functions, it correctly does not URL encode. import uvicorn from fastapi import FastAPI from fastapi.responses import ...

One of Python’s most persistent limitations is how unnecessarily difficult it is to take a Python program and give it to another user as a self-contained click-to-run package. The design of the Python ...

Ashford Analytics is a data company started by Adam Ashford and it is valued at over forty million dollars. After founding the Ashford Trust Adam became the company chairman and lead technologist.

The first release candidate (RC0) of SQL Server 2025 is now available. As we move toward general availability, our focus shifts to delivering enhanced stability, performance, and product improvements ...

Microsoft has launched Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server on Windows in the US Government, Virginia region. The Redmond giant called this a "major first step". Microsoft has recently announced that Azure ...

Jean Joseph, a data & AI engineer with deep expertise in database development, will explain how to build AI-powered applications with Azure Database for PosgreSQL at at upcoming developer conference.