Azure SQL Database Roadmap
I do not usually link straight to other blog posts or technical papers but I really had to with this...
2019-01-24
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Arun Sirpal
Azure SQL Database and Transaction Log
Checking out the transaction log in Azure SQL Database. If you are curious like me, you will want to know...
2019-01-23
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Azure SQL Database – Reduce the workload before initiating another service objective update
Getting straight to the point, I initiated a very common task recently, another scale up request. However, a new message...
2019-01-21
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Moving off SQL Server 2008 / R2 – What can Azure offer?
You will very likely know that SQL Server 2008 / R2 end of support is on July 9th 2019. Not that...
2019-01-15
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Azure SQL DB VS SQL Server For the DBA
Being the start of the new year and with new projects most likely starting again I would like to share...
2019-01-07
308 reads
SQL Server Backup To Azure Storage
Once again I would like to share with you an article I wrote about backing up (and restoring) a SQL...
2019-01-01 (first published: 2018-12-19)
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Azure SQL Database DTU Versus vCore
I wrote a guest article for an IT consultancy on Azure SQL Database, more specifically DTUs and vCore options. At...
2018-12-17
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SQL Server I/O
Sometimes I like to see and know what SQL server is doing under certain operations and recently I wrote an...
2018-12-11
228 reads
Azure SQL Database “Step By Step” Tutorials
I would like to share a link to my Azure SQL Database Stairway series hosted over at SQLServerCentral. As stated...
2018-12-06
456 reads
Azure SQL Database – Firewall Rules
If you decide to use IP addresses to control what services have access to your Azure SQL Database, then understanding...
2018-12-04
231 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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