My mindset has always been, use the tools that are right for the job that your team can support.  So, if SQL2017 Linux could be shown to be the right...

So the next question would be, what have you tried so far?

The issue as I see it, from reading the article, is that the cloud provider was doing the minimum needed.  Sure, backups were automatic, but it's up to the customer...

I'm wondering now if you're confusing free space on disk and free space in the database file.
The file system won't care how much free space there is in the...

Ideally, you should keep enough free space in the database to accommodate data growth without having to auto-grow or manually grow the file(s) too frequently.  So, using the numbers you...

As the saying goes, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink."  There will *always* be people who are willing and want to learn rather...