Arun Sirpal

I am a Senior DBA with interest in MS technology especially SQL Server and Azure. During 2015 I was mentored by Paul Randal – Data Platform (SQL Server) MVP and during 2016 I completed my SQLskills Immersion training on Internals and Performance Tuning. When I am not working I am in the gym burning calories.

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Azure SQL Database – Stairway Series

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Hello all – I am excited to announce that I will be doing a Stairway series on Azure SQL Database hosted...

2018-06-13

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Getting Started with Level 1 of the Stairway to Azure SQL Database

by Arun Sirpal

SQLServerCentral.com

In this first level, learn how to get started with Azure and Azure SQL Database.

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2018-06-13

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Linked Server to Azure SQL Database

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

You may (or may not) have a requirement to setup a linked server to Azure SQL Database from a locally...

2018-06-13 (first published: 2018-06-05)

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Azure SQL Database – The Default Isolation Is?

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

So what is the default isolation level for Azure SQL Database? I ran the following code to check it out....

2018-05-30

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Azure SQL Database / SQL Server – Paused Index Rebuild

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I was creating some demo non-clustered indexes in one of my Azure SQL Databases and received the following warning when...

2018-05-30 (first published: 2018-05-22)

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Extended Events – Using Azure Storage

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Last year I wrote about Azure SQL Database extended events (https://blobeater.blog/2017/02/06/using-extended-events-in-azure/) and gave an example where I was capturing deadlocks...

2018-05-21 (first published: 2018-05-08)

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