Azure SQL Elastic Pools and SQL Monitor
This article explains the Azure-tailored metrics and alerts in SQL Monitor that track use of the limited compute resources available to an Azure SQL Elastic Pool, and to each of the databases in it.
2019-04-05
Vendors/3rd-party Products
How monitoring can help keep your SQL Server estate secure
Using broad SQL Server monitoring can instantly alert you to unusual activity or patterns across your entire estate, letting you can act fast to resolve problems and keep your systems online, secure, and compliant. Read our new SQL Server security white paper today and start using your monitoring to its fullest.
2019-04-05
Refactoring a Batch or Object with SQL Prompt
SQL Prompt is a tool I use all the time for code completion and code formatting tasks, to the point of it feeling very wrong to write a query without it. Write a SQL Statement with a JOIN, and it auto-suggests the ON criteria.
2019-03-30
Simplify and improve your security model with SQL Census
In the R&D division of Redgate, Foundry, we’re working on a new tool, SQL Census, in an effort to make your SQL Server permissions more manageable by seeing who has access to your servers and restructuring existing access rights into a simpler and more compliant format.
2019-03-30
How are you using tools to design and model databases?
Redgate invite you to participate in their survey on database modeling. In order to inform their future product decisions, they'd like to better understand the needs and motivations behind the use of such tools.
2019-03-30
Blogs
Announcing a New Book on SQL from 3Cloud Authors
By DataOnWheels
I am proud to announce the launch of a new book, centered around the...
Identify the (Top 20) most expensive queries across your SQL Server using Query Store
Script to identify the most expensive queries on your database server using the Query...
Setting Up Always Encrypted
In this post we're going to go through the steps to set up Always...
Forums
TOP with Order By alternative, performance results look mixed
Hi I have a situation where I am testing two versions of the same...
Upgrading an Always on Availability Group two node from SQLServer 2016 to 2019
I'm looking for best practice here and these are Azure VMs by the way....
Azure availability groups requirements question
Does anyone know if Azure absolutely requires windows clustered services to support availability groups?...
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