Microsoft has launched Azure accelerate for databases, a program combining expert guidance, financial incentives, and skilling resources to help organizations modernize their database infrastructure for AI readiness. Key benefits include up to 35% savings via a flexible spend-based savings plan, zero-cost delivery support through Microsoft's Cloud accelerate Factory, Azure credits and delivery funding, and 50% discounts on certification exams. The offering targets organizations moving from legacy database environments to fully managed, AI-optimized Azure databases. Thomson Reuters is cited as a case study, having migrated over 18,000 databases totaling 500TB to Azure SQL managed instance.
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