A Basic Bot using Azure Bot Services

I wanted to break out my comfort levels and do something different from Azure SQL Database or straight SQL Server....

Moving to an Azure SQL Database via Command Line

I have moved many databases to Azure via different methods but I recently came across a new way. Well technically...

SQL Server DBCC CHECKDB – Going Parallel

DBCC CHECKDB has the ability to perform parallel checking of objects. However, it absolutely depends on the edition of SQL...

Azure SQL Database – Using sp_BlitzIndex

I was doing some normal activities on one of my Azure SQL Databases, I went to make a cup of...

SQL Server Failed to Open Loopback Connection – What?

I could not read my error log on one of my local SQL Servers, when I executed the following code:

EXEC...

I have a new Passion

Yes, I like to blog, maybe slightly more on Azure than SQL Server. I enjoy it and it probably explains...

Azure SQL Database – Service Tiers

Naturally the cost of Azure SQL Database directly relates to what tier and performance level you are using. Starting from...

SQL Server – DBCC CHECKTABLE

If you know about DBCC CHECKDB then most likely you will know about DBCC CHECKTABLE. Quite simply this command performs...

SQL Server 2017 – Interleaved Execution

I worked on testing interleaved execution with Microsoft back in January, I didn’t do much, just tested the functionality against...

Azure SQL Database Alerting

It’s good to be proactive and one way is to setup alerts and it is no different when using Azure...