Arun Sirpal

I am a Senior DBA with interest in MS technology especially SQL Server and Azure. During 2015 I was mentored by Paul Randal – Data Platform (SQL Server) MVP and during 2016 I completed my SQLskills Immersion training on Internals and Performance Tuning. When I am not working I am in the gym burning calories.

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Azure SQL Database – Maxdop Updated

About 1.5 years I wrote about MAXDOP setting within Azure SQL DB, more specifically the fact that the default setting being 0. (https://blobeater.blog/2018/09/12/maxdop-and-azure-sql-db/) Now, you should be aware that...

2020-08-10

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Azure SQL Training

I thought being an Azure Data/Database blogger I would share some amazing content from Microsoft, an Azure SQL Fundamentals learning path. Following this training you will “Learn how to...

2020-08-05

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Azure SQL Database SLA

Can you improve on the baseline (service level agreement) SLA of 99.99 % for Azure SQL Database? How can you get 99.995% as shown below, from official Microsoft documentation?...

2020-08-04

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SQL Server Stretch DB to Azure

Since SQL Server 2016 we could leverage Microsoft Azure to dynamically move “cold” portions of data away from on-premises storage for longer retention time periods. Whilst in theory being...

2020-07-27

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Azure Data Engineer Associate

You can read about all the new role based qualifications from Microsoft here – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/certification-overview.aspx Today I want to talk about the Azure Data Engineer one from my experience...

2020-07-06

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SQL from A to Z: Your Path to SQL Mastery this Fall

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Introduction to Advanced Analytics

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The Cloud Security Problem

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Cloud Security Problem, which...

Report server errors

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http://servername/reports/browse/ could not load folder contents http://servername/reportserver The server principal "NT SERVICE\SQLServerReportingServices" is not...

Migrating standalone database to always-on cluster.

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I am planning to migrate a currently standalone database to SQL Always On. This...

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Question of the Day

AUTO_DROP Statistics

In SQL Server 2022, what does this statement do?

CREATE STATISTICS CustomerStats1 ON DimCustomer (CustomerKey, EmailAddress) WITH AUTO_DROP = ON

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