Using PowerShell to Manage Windows Azure SQL Databases
Marcin Policht provides a comprehensive overview of Windows PowerShell’s capabilities in regard to managing SQL Databases (or, in general, cloud-resident resources).
2014-07-18
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Additional Articles
Developing a Custom SSIS Source Component
SSIS was designed to be extensible.Although you can create tasks that will take data from a wide variety of sources, transform the data is a number of ways and write the results a wide choice of destinations, using the components provided, there will always be occasions when you need to customise your own SSIS component.
2014-07-17
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Automate Registering and Maintaining Servers in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
This tip looks at how to use a control file that lists the structure to use within SSMS and a PowerShell script that will automatically maintain the list of registered servers within SSMS.
2014-07-16
12,484 reads
Version Control as a Cloud Service
Robert Sheldon wonders if cloud-based version control still too risky for a service that must be secure, and risk-free?
2014-07-15
11,224 reads
SQL Server Analysis Server (SSAS) KeyColumn vs NameColumn vs ValueColumn
What is the difference between the KeyColumn, the NameColumn, and the ValueColumn for a dimension attribute in SQL Server Analysis Services? When should you use each one for a dimension attribute? Check out this tip to learn more.
2014-07-14
10,530 reads
Do You Really Need to Tune Big Data Applications?
Big data applications are here to stay. The promise of this technology is the ability to quickly and easily analyze large amounts of data and derive from that analysis changes to customer-facing systems, hopefully at a reasonable cost. So, do these applications really need tuning?
2014-07-11
4,426 reads
The Mindset of the Enterprise DBA: Creating and Applying Standards to Our Work
Although many professions require judgement and skill, they also require the ability to do many repeated standard procedures in a consistent and methodical manner. For DBAs, standardization involves providing and following checklists, notes and instructions so that the results are predictable, correct and easy to maintain.
2014-07-10
8,648 reads
Microsoft Azure Diagnostics Part 2: Basic Configuration of Azure Cloud Service Diagnostics
Michael Collier takes a look at the key aspects of configuring the diagnostic agent in Microsoft Azure to collect the data you want, and transfer that data to storage on a schedule you define.
2014-07-09
4,064 reads
Rollback and Recovery Troubleshooting; Challenges and Strategies
What happens if your database deployment goes awry? Grant Fritchey has some troubleshooting advice to get you out of a bind.
2014-07-08
5,043 reads
Finding Unused SQL Server Stored Procedures With PowerShell
Tim Smith describes a number of ways to tell which Stored Procedures are in use, DMVs, a SQL Server Trace, and his preferred method, the Source Code and PowerShell.
2014-07-07
4,642 reads
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