Azure SQL Database High Availability

Site-wide or region-wide disasters, while undoubtedly more impactful, happen considerably less frequently than downtime resulting from scheduled maintenance events or isolated hardware and software faults. This article provides an overview of the high availability features of Azure SQL Database that mitigate risks affecting services within an individual Azure datacenter, rather than an entire Azure region.

Azure SQL Database Business Continuity Enhancements

Marcin Policht provides an overview of a number of new features that facilitate Azure SQL Database business continuity.

How to change an Azure SQL Database Collation

In this tip we look at the steps you can follow to change the collation for an Azure SQL Database.

System Databases in Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database and GDPR Compliance

In recent years, technology landscape has undergone dramatic changes, driven primarily by cloud computing and a continuously increasing level of attention dedicated to security, privacy, and compliance. One of the more significant initiatives that attempts to address these challenges is General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR. In this article, we will explore how Azure SQL Database could help with addressing the GDPR requirements.

Azure Defaults

Automatic Automatic Tuning

Calculating DTU's for Azure SQL Database

This calculator will help you determine the number of DTUs for your existing SQL Server database(s) as well as a recommendation of the minimum performance level and service tier that you need before you migrate to Azure SQL Database.

New Azure SQL Database Standard Tier Sizes

Tim Radney of SQLskills talks about the various Standard tiers available in Azure SQL Database – what they get you, and how much they cost.

How to use Azure SQL Database features and settings

Vitor Montalvao explains how to work with the basic configuration settings for a SQL Azure database from the Microsoft Azure portal itself.