Quickstart: Connect SQL Server machines to Azure Arc
Get started with Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server to manage and govern your Windows and Linux SQL Server instances hosted across on-premises, edge, and multicloud environments.
2023-09-06
Cloud Computing
Best Practices for Google Cloud Security
Security is a concern whether it be on-premises or cloud-native. Google Cloud offers many products and services including SQL Server. What are some of the security controls that should be considered when using Google Cloud services?
2023-07-28
Creating an Azure SQL Database Using Azure Cloud Shell
This article will show how to use the Azure Cloud Shell and PowerShell to set up a new Azure SQL Database.
2023-07-07
1,295 reads
Scaling Up Monitoring
How do we design a monitoring system? The Amazon Prime team realized they didn't do a good job and changed their architecture.
2023-05-31
172 reads
Unlock the Power of Google Cloud SQL: Setting Up SQL Server and PostgreSQL Instances
Learn how to get started with Google Cloud MySQL and PostgreSQL databases by creating and configuring a database.
2023-05-26
1,009 reads
Using Azure Data Studio to Deploy a SQL Server VM on Azure
This article looks at deploying SQL Server on an Azure VM from Azure Data Studio.
2023-05-24
1,510 reads
Coming Out of the Cloud
Google announced a local version of their cloud databases that companies can install for developers.
2023-04-17
198 reads
Data Oriented Cloud Security Mechanisms
This article looks at security mechanisms in the cloud that can help protect your data, with specific examples in AWS.
2023-04-14
1,406 reads
The Struggles to Keep Up with Growing Systems
The growing complexity of environments can cause struggles for many IT professionals. However, we need to ensure we are not making things worse.
2023-03-03
136 reads
The Cost of the Cloud
Basecamp is leaving the cloud and Steve thinks it's a good decision. He also thinks the cloud can work very well for organizations.
2023-02-15
187 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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