Connecting to Azure SQL Database Primary Endpoint – Failover Groups
When you have setup a Failover Group in Azure for your SQL Databases connecting to the R/W (Read / Write) endpoint...
2017-10-19
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Arun Sirpal
SQL Server 2017 Encrypted Backups And Compression
Let’s work through some code to do an encrypted backup. This feature is available to you if you are using...
2017-10-18 (first published: 2017-10-09)
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When Things Go Wrong in Azure
Things go wrong in IT, it is no different with the cloud. When I say cloud I am thinking quite...
2017-10-12
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Checking Out SQL Vulnerability Assessment
Apparently there is a new tool from Microsoft where you can discover, track, and remediate potential database vulnerabilities. This tool...
2017-10-09 (first published: 2017-09-28)
1,591 reads
Azure SQL Database Data Integrity Checks
If you remember last month I wrote about DBCC CHECKDB and Azure SQL Database, more specifically whose responsibility (Microsoft’s) it...
2017-10-04
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SQL Server Tracking Tempdb Size
Here is a quick Extended Events script I knocked up where I wanted to track Tempdb file size changes for...
2017-10-03
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SQL Server – Pause VS Stop
You have the ability to actually pause SQL Server, if you are in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), you might...
2017-10-02
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SSMS 17 Dark Theme
Have you ever wanted SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 17 to have a dark theme? Seeing the below image (visual...
2017-09-29
2,710 reads
Azure SQL Database Active Geo Replication Changes
Six months ago how you would go about setting up Active geo replication for your SQL Databases would be different...
2017-09-25
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SQL Server Tracking Suspect Pages
Did you know that SQL Server tracks suspect pages and puts the details into the msdb database in a table...
2017-09-25 (first published: 2017-09-19)
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Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
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I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
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By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
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SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
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How Long is a Long I/O?
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T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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