Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Business Critical Tier Now Available
The business critical tier for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is now available. Customers needing a higher level of high...
2018-12-04
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Tim Radney
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
As of October 2018, Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is now generally available in the general purpose tier. Business Critical...
2018-10-03
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Azure Training in London
I am very excited about my upcoming IEAzure class being held in London, September 10th and 11th at the Marriott in Kensington (London).
This...
2018-08-08
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MVP for Another Year
I am a little late in posting this, but I still wanted to share. It is a huge honor to...
2018-08-08
356 reads
T-SQL Tuesday: Giving back to the community
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday from Riley Major (b|t) asks us to figure out a way to give back to the...
2018-05-08
402 reads
Azure SQL Database Manage Instance
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is bridging the gap between 0n-premises SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. Azure SQL Database...
2018-03-31
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Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is now private preview
Today is the day that Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is available for the world to explore. Private preview means...
2018-03-06
297 reads
Microsoft to Decommission Connect on 12/31/2017
Microsoft will be decommissioning the Connect platform on 12/31/2017 due to privacy concerns and will be replacing it with a...
2017-12-11
442 reads
New Course: Implementing a Hybrid Cloud Solution in Azure
My latest Pluralsight course – SQL Server: Implementing a Hybrid Cloud Solution in Azure – is well over two hours and long and is based...
2017-12-11
588 reads
New Course: Understanding and Using Azure SQL Database
At SQLskills, we just launched our new training class on Azure that I will be teaching in Chicago, and my...
2017-04-27
884 reads
Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
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This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
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The Large Encoded Value
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Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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