Azure SQL Database and Cost Threshold for Parallelism
We all know that the magic figure for cost threshold for parallelism is 5 by default, meaning if the estimated...
2018-03-26 (first published: 2018-03-16)
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Arun Sirpal
Backup and Restore Options for Azure SQL DB
I have decided to do a summary blog post on backup and recovery options for Azure SQL Database. If you...
2018-03-26
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SQL Vulnerability Assessment for Azure SQL Database
Back in September 2017 Microsoft announced a new security feature for Azure SQL Database called the SQL Vulnerability Assessment (VA)....
2018-03-22
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Understanding DBCC FLUSHAUTHCACHE
This command only applies to Azure SQL Database, at a high level it empties the database authentication cache for logins...
2018-03-14
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Azure SQL Database – Allow Azure Services to Access Server
When you create a “logical” Azure SQL Server (I say logical because we are not really physically creating anything) there...
2018-03-09 (first published: 2018-03-01)
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Saving Costs in Azure
Nobody wants to waste money and being in the cloud is no exception! Luckily for us Azure is very efficient...
2018-02-27 (first published: 2018-02-15)
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How to setup Azure SQL Analytics
I am a big fan of this feature, I have written and spoken about it before ( https://blobeater.blog/2018/01/04/azure-sql-analytics/) but I did...
2018-02-26
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Azure SQL Database sa Connections?
I was using a query on one of my local SQL Servers where I wanted to know what logins were...
2018-02-07
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Deleting Azure SQL Database VNETs
This is quite a new feature (currently in preview) but an important one where we now have the ability to...
2018-02-07 (first published: 2018-01-29)
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The world of Automatic Tuning – SQL Server 2017
Times are changing, 10 years ago I would never have thought that self-tuning databases would be available as a packaged...
2018-01-31 (first published: 2018-01-22)
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Blogs
PostgreSQL: Diagnosing and Fixing a Sequential Scan with No Filter Predicate
A sequential scan is not always a problem — PostgreSQL's planner often chooses one...
Giving AI Agents Visibility Into SQL Server with MCP
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
The Book of Redgate: Profits
By Steve Jones
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