Azure SQL Database security
Life we be so much easier if we could just trust everyone, but since we can’t we need solid security...
2016-02-17
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James Serra's Blog
Azure SQL Database monitoring
Even though an Azure SQL Database stores all data on the Azure cloud, it does not mean that your options for managing...
2016-02-10
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Scaling Azure SQL Database
One of the advantages Azure SQL Database has over on-prem SQL Server is the ease in which it can scale. I’ll...
2016-02-03
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Microsoft Azure Stack in Preview!
Microsoft made available the first technical preview of its new Microsoft Azure Stack offering today. It was announced last week. Azure...
2016-02-09 (first published: 2016-02-01)
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Migrate from on-prem SQL server to Azure SQL Database
This blog describes the various approaches you can use to migrate an on-premises SQL Server database to Azure SQL Database.
In...
2016-01-27
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HA/DR for Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database is a relational database-as-a-service in the cloud. It uses a special version of Microsoft SQL Server as...
2016-01-20
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Why use a data lake?
Previously I covered what a data lake is (including the Azure Data Lake and enhancements), and now I wanted to touch...
2015-12-29
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Storage options on Azure
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure, created by Microsoft, for building, deploying and managing applications and services...
2015-12-01
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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...
2015-11-10 (first published: 2015-11-05)
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Copying data from Azure Blob Storage
In a previous blog I talked about copying on-prem data to Azure Blob Storage (Getting data into Azure Blob Storage). ...
2015-10-15
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Blogs
Query Intelligence in SQL Server 2025: What Developers Need to Know
By Chris Yates
When Microsoft announced SQL Server 2025, I was curious about what would truly change...
Finding and Killing Blockers with Redgate AI Tech
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Back at Small Data SF in 2025
By Steve Jones
Today I’m in San Francisco at Small Data SF 2025. I went to the...
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Distributed Availability Group Issue / Misunderstanding.
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Large posts full of code not allowed anymore?
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Slipstream parameters
What parameters are needed to enable a slipstream installation for setup.exe (SQL Server setup)?
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