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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Query Store – Quick Tour

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

The query store, Borko Novakovic Senior Program Manager from Microsoft calls this feature “Similar to an airplane’s flight data recorder”....

2016-10-03

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My application to Microsoft

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I have been eager to write this blog post for a while now. I want to share my experience of...

2016-09-29

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Restoring Azure SQL Database

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

A major benefit of Azure SQL Database (PaaS) is the fact that Microsoft manages the backups – it’s great because recovering...

2016-09-23 (first published: 2016-09-16)

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Azure SQL Data warehouse

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

For this blog post I want to show you the steps required to setup an Azure SQL Data warehouse and...

2016-09-21

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SSMS Keeps Crashing

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

It is quite frustrating when SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) randomly crashes, all too often for my liking. If you have...

2016-09-20

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Azure IaaS Premium Storage Test

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I thought I would share the output of some DiskSpd tests that I conducted on Azure VMs that ultimately will...

2016-09-19

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More PowerShell for the Azure World

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

The collection of Azure SQL Database cmdlets can be found at – https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt574084.aspx. There are alot, however I tend to use...

2016-09-15

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