Redundancy Options in Azure Blob Storage

So you have data in Azure Blob Storage and are concerned about reliability.  Have no fear!  There are four replication options...

Renewed as MVP

I was renewed for another year as a SQL Server – now Data Platform – MVP, always pleasant news. My plan for...

T-SQL Tuesday No.72 - Is Your Data Model, Normal?

Well I’m not
a data modeler, nor do I play one in the corporate world.  But it is TSQLTuesday No. 72,...

Using AzCopy in a SQL Job to Upload Files to Azure Blob Storage

Using AzCopy in a SQL Job to Upload Files to Azure Blob Storage
NOVEMBER 11, 2015

IntroductionIn my next series of posts, I am going to look into processing files in...

Get valuable Virtual Log File (VLF) information for all your databases log files

I had this problem where I needed to gather Transaction Log information on multiple databases and check for valuable statistics on...

Implementing Partition Aware Index Optimisation Procedures

[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog]
Continuing on with my Partitioning post series, this is part 6.
The partitioning includes several major...

Implementing Partition Aware Index Optimisation Procedures

[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] Continuing on with my Partitioning post series, this is part 6. The partitioning includes several major components of work (and can be linked...

Monday Morning SQL Break – November 9, 2015

It’s Monday time for this week’s blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me on...

PASS Summit 2015 Wrap Up

Last week’s PASS Summit conference in Seattle, WA was incredible (as always). It’s my favorite tech event of the year,...

SQL New Blogger Challenge: Week 2 ideas

Week 1 of the November 2015 SQL New Blogger Challenge is behind us, and I saw some great posts. Now,...