I am always amazed at how many people struggle to believe this.

Charles Kincaid (11/22/2016)

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...Gary I agree with you almost all of the time. I prefer to not be harsh in criticizing folks. Here in the U.S. we have been...

Looking at the original post I don't know how mine ever...

Thanks for posting your final solution.

(Mine worked for me but maybe copy 'n' paste lost the newline character).

I would get the individual values as such:

$v = $string.Split(",");

This splits the values as follows:

Where $v[0] is the string "AvgSQLCpu", $v[1] is the string "AVGCpu", $v[2] is the string "AVGOtherCpu"...

It seems that generally we need to consider warnings to be important enough to warn the user immediately, specific performance measurement important enough to be monitored or events important enough...

RonKyle (11/21/2016)

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I agree with you, and maybe you, I, and some others can make that distinction....

Absolutely. I have only missed two that I wanted and one of those I got when it was offered again on a different day.

As usual it appears to be human execution and choices rather than technology that caused the issues...trouble is that technology is an enabler (often of dreadful things).

It always amazes me the number of experienced professionals who do not consider the longevity of software and databases. Some must work on too many greenfield projects and never support...

Exactly that.

All team members should do both types over time. Don't split up tasks too small but do break down what you can. Also, automate as much as possible.

It does appear that the Azure first policy is certainly bearing the fruits of their labours.

As a developer, I only care about two aspects (leaving all else to DBAs):

• Does my connection string/integrated authentication work?
• Does SSMS (or alternative) work?

I hope that this is something that pleases...

I have known three SQL Server and Windows using companies that seriously considered how they could leverage Linux; one stayed as they were, one moved everything except one SQL Server/Windows...