Moving Databases into Azure SQL Elastic Pools
Quite a simple requirement (when I needed it a few months ago). Study my Azure SQL database environment below. As you can see I have a standard elastic pool...
2019-07-22
29 reads
Arun Sirpal
Azure SQL Database SLA Updates
I am sure many missed the updates to Azure SQL Database SLA (Service Level Agreement). It used to be 99.99% across all tiers but split between two different high-availability...
2019-07-19
210 reads
Connecting - Level 4 of the Stairway to Azure SQL Database
Learn how to configure connectivity and firewall rules for your Azure SQL Database
2019-07-17 (first published: 2018-09-26)
3,047 reads
SQL Server 2019 Query Store And SSMS
While not specific to SQL Server 2019 (I was using this version to do some testing) I was struggling to find how to change the time period of analysis...
2019-07-17
27 reads
Azure SQL Elastic Jobs
The purpose of an Elastic Job is to execute a T-SQL script that is scheduled or executed ad-hoc against a group of Azure SQL databases. Targets can be in...
2019-07-11
179 reads
Microsoft MVP #2
It is always a dark art trying to suss out why he/she is an MVP? Do they deserve it? What does it take? Why can’t I get it? The...
2019-07-05
22 reads
Azure Cosmos DB – Graph DB
Using Graph DB is a good way to show relationships between entities (more specifically a vertex and edges). This is why you would use this approach over classic SQL...
2019-06-24
19 reads
Azure SQL DB Maxdop Hint
I had a good question from JP via a comment on my blog about whether you can use the MAXDOP query hint in Azure SQL Database. The answer? Yes....
2019-06-24
25 reads
Globally Distributed Azure Cosmos DB
Let’s use the Azure portal to build a globally distributed Cosmos DB. Before doing this, why would you ? what are the benefits? Regional based. By this I mean...
2019-06-18
61 reads
Azure Cosmos DB Local Emulator
Technically you do not have to create a cosmos DB and incur costs to test cosmos DB based applications, you could use the local emulator. This means that you...
2019-06-11
88 reads
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
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A Fun Computer Quote
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