Deprecation of popular management tool requires a new look at Azure-based system Microsoft recently announced it will deprecate System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Packs (MPs) for SQL ...

Change signals a shift away from legacy monitoring packs toward modern observability and Azure-based monitoring tools.

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Microsoft will retire SCOM SQL monitoring packs in 2027, pushing customers toward Azure Monitor and cloud billing.

Microsoft has announced that SCOM Management Packs for SSRS, PBIRS, and SSAS will reach End of Support in January 2027, forcing enterprise migration to Azure Monitor.

In the past few weeks, Microsoft has pushed out September updates to various components of Power BI. The desktop variant of the service was the first to be updated this month, followed by improvements ...

Microsoft's Abdullah Mamun and Kendal Van Dyke break down how SQL's recent updates are giving database pros new ways to take control of their data. For those who are in Microsoft's SQL Server ...

Here’s a real-world story: Data collection and analysis is, ironically, for a data management profession, one of the toughest parts of my job. I regularly pull data from our various databases and ...

Microsoft SQL Server has been a favorite for years for organizations that want to implement business intelligence (BI) functionality - even in traditionally non-Microsoft shops. Especially since the ...

At yesterday’s Microsoft SQL Server 2016 launch in Australia, we were thrilled to unveil a new product that equips customers with real-time operational analytics, rich visualisations on mobile devices ...