Kerberos Configuration Manager for SQL Server v3
By David Postlethwaite
I’m speaking about Kerberos for the SQL DBA at SQL Saturdays in Oslo, Gothenburg and Utrecht in September...
2015-08-05
2,254 reads
Gethyn Ellis
Creating an Azure SQL Database
By David Postlethwaite
Once you have logged in to the Azure Management Portal you can start to create an Azure SQL...
2015-05-28 (first published: 2015-05-21)
5,800 reads
Microsoft Azure SQL Databases – Power and Performance
By David Postlethwaite
On the Database Scale page we can decide on the performance level that we want our database to...
2015-05-28
1,027 reads
Microsoft Azure SQL Database – Dashboard
By David Postlethwaite
Once you have created your database you can now start to manage and configure it.
There are six...
2015-05-26
845 reads
Getting Started with Microsoft Azure
By David Postlethwaite
The URL for Microsoft Azure is http://azure.microsoft.com.
Make sure you have an up to date browser because parts of...
2015-05-19
549 reads
Putting Your Head in the Clouds - Microsoft Azure
By David Postlethwaite
Microsoft Azure
Let’s take a look at the Microsoft Cloud offering. Originally called Windows Azure it was renamed in...
2015-05-14
667 reads
Putting Your Head in the Clouds 3 – Cloud Service Offerings
By David Postlethwaite
Cloud Service Models
There are three main service models in the cloud. You will see these buzz words being...
2015-05-12
644 reads
Putting Your Head in the Clouds 2 –Advantages and Disadvantages of Cloud Solutions
By David Postlethwaite
If you are thinking about using Cloud Computing then it’s worth considering the pros and cons.
Advantages of...
2015-05-07
557 reads
Putting Your Head in the Clouds 1 – An introduction to Cloud Computing
By David Postlethwaite
Although the concept of Cloud Computing and Microsoft Azure have been around for a number of years it...
2015-05-06
724 reads
SQL Server 2016 Preview...Coming this Summer
It was announced yesterday at the Ignite conference that we’ll be getting a summer preview of SQL Server 2016. With...
2015-05-05
677 reads
Blogs
When the Internet Stumbles: Lessons from Cloudflare & Azure Front Door Outages
By John
Recently, the world was reminded of just how fragile the internet can be. Two...
Prepping for Certification, Part 4 of 4
By Brian Kelley
In Parts 1-3, I covered how I prepare for a certification exam. In this...
Flyway Tips: Automation Assistance in Flyway Desktop
By Steve Jones
I was chatting with the product managers at Flyway and one asked me whether...
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Question of the Day
Putting the Player with the Number
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix', @num VARCHAR = '10' SELECT @player || @numSee possible answers