Azure Advisor – for Azure Data Platform
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could access one main dashboard / report that pulls in information from many tools such as security centre, SQL advisor and cost management...
2020-02-03
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All About SQL
Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs Azure Features List
After much reading through the internet looking for Amazon’s equivalent of Microsoft’s Azure functions (Lambda), I found this outstanding link that ” helps you understand how Microsoft Azure services...
2020-01-13
231 reads
Common Things Admins Miss in Azure SQL DB
This is by no means a complete list but more of a personal list of features I have seen not setup or just missed out when looking at Azure...
2020-01-08
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Azure Site Recovery jobs fail on servers hosting SQL Server instances with AUTO_CLOSE DBs
This post is to help you if you are suffering from the following issue: A VSS writer has rejected an event with error. The writer experienced a non-transient error. If...
2020-01-06
43 reads
SQL Server Christmas Script
Nothing much to say but I hope you all have a nice break. Thanks for the support and reading my blog. Enjoy the script! (Might not format correctly here...
2019-12-19
56 reads
Azure SQL Database – Automatic Tuning – Have you enabled it?
Do you enable this setting to allow automatic tuning to care of all your performance needs? Well not ALL your needs, more so: CREATE INDEX DROP INDEX FORCE LAST...
2019-12-09
69 reads
SQL Server 2019 eBook
SQL Server 2019 is ready available for use, but before you download you should review the webinars, white papers and eBook available on the technology (definitely the eBook ??...
2019-12-02
272 reads
Execution Plans in Azure SQL Database
Yes you can still get execution plans for Azure SQL Database, you cannot get this from the Azure Portal so it is good to know for your tuning days....
2019-11-20
110 reads
Azure SQL Best Practices?
A way to enforce good practice and standards is by Azure Policy. As stated by Microsoft “Azure Policy is a service in Azure that you use to create, assign,...
2019-11-12
59 reads
SQL Server Backup / Restore from URL
I think many have covered how you should backup your SQL Server database to Azure storage (also known as backup to URL) but what about restoring? Lets assume you...
2019-11-07
441 reads
Blogs
Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget
It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Forums
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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