What is Microsoft data storage?

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that stores, processes, and manages data. Pure Storage all-flash arrays maximises the speed, scalability, and agility of your Microsoft data storage.

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Unlock the full potential of SQL Server with storage built for what’s next.

No matter the mission, Pure Storage powers SQL Server to run at its absolute best—right out of the gate. Simplify, automate, and scale your SQL Server workloads with our unified storage platform that’s easy to deploy, run, and manage. FlashArray//XL™ delivers leading performance density at scale for the most demanding workloads.

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Unmatched performance density with FlashArray//XL R5 vs. other solutions¹.

Shrink costs and footprint, including from AI vector embeddings, with industry-leading data reduction that saves space and energy.

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Simplify operations today.

Script and automate repetitive tasks to free up your time. Achieve higher levels of efficiency, consistency, and control in SQL Server storage provisioning and management.

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Keep SQL Server running with storage built for resilience.

Eliminate downtime with proven 99.9999% availability of FlashArray™. Prevent critical SQL Server data loss, speed up backups and restores to meet the most stringent recovery point objectives.

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Deploy anywhere you want.

Enable seamless data mobility for SQL Server with a unified experience across any environment—cloud, on-premises or hybrid. Easily replicate SQL Server volume snapshots between different arrays or send to the cloud without compromising on consistency, data integrity, or availability.

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¹ Based on internal benchmarking. Results may vary depending on configuration, usage patterns and workload

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Learn how to keep your competitive edge with Pure Storage for Microsoft workloads and hear how one organisation has maximized performance with a modern data storage solution.

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“The applications we build place enormous demands on our databases and our FlashArray//X90 handles them with ease.”

Brian Szadek

AVP Cloud and Event Platforms, United Wholesale Mortgage

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“Pure FlashArray//XL is a beast of a performer that runs all of our production loads while streamlining our infrastructure.”

Ron Delpiere-Smith

Manager, Platform Engineering, IAA

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Get Ready for SQL Server 2025: Accelerating AI, Performance, and Resilience

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Using FlashArray Snapshots with Microsoft SQL Server

Best practices and suggested use cases for volume snapshots with Microsoft SQL Server.

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SQL Server with Pure Storage Reference Architecture

A Reference Architecture for Microsoft SQL Server with Pure Storage.

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ActiveDR™ for SQL Server

Extend disaster recovery capabilities across data centers with FlashArray ActiveDR™.

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Rapidly Recovering from SQL Server Data Mishaps

Read how to restore data in a SQL Server database.

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Are Snapshots Backups?

Look at the new T-SQL snapshot backup process.

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SQL Server Workloads in Azure with Pure Cloud Block Store

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1. How can all-flash storage arrays enhance Microsoft data storage?

Like any RDBMS, Microsoft SQL Server must consume compute and storage resources from the underlying hardware infrastructure. As the complexity and volume of data needed by your business grows, so does the strain on your physical IT infrastructure.

NVMe storage technology offers many advantages for boosting the performance of your Microsoft data storage solution, including:

Faster data transfer speeds
Higher data throughput
Massively parallel processing, with more than over 64K queues for I/O operations

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2. What is Microsoft Azure?

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform for building and deploying applications and services backed by Microsoft-managed data centers for compute and storage resources. Azure supports software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS).

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3. What integrations does Pure Storage offer for Microsoft data storage?

Pure Storage supports integrations with several Microsoft products, including:

Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange with Purity ActiveCluster™ on FlashArray
Windows PowerShell support via Pure Storage PowerShell SDK and Toolkit

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Related Pure Storage products and solutions.

Microsoft Azure data services

Unified block and file storage with FlashArray//X

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