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.

Azure SQL Database Roadmap

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I do not usually link straight to other blog posts or technical papers but I really had to with this...

2019-01-24

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Azure SQL Database and Transaction Log

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Checking out the transaction log in Azure SQL Database. If you are curious like me, you will want to know...

2019-01-23

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Azure SQL Database – Reduce the workload before initiating another service objective update

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Getting straight to the point, I initiated a very common task recently, another scale up request. However, a new message...

2019-01-21

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Moving off SQL Server 2008 / R2 – What can Azure offer?

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

You will very likely know that SQL Server 2008 / R2 end of support is on July 9th 2019. Not that...

2019-01-15

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Azure SQL DB VS SQL Server For the DBA

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Being the start of the new year and with new projects most likely starting again I would like to share...

2019-01-07

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SQL Server Backup To Azure Storage

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Once again I would like to share with you an article I wrote about backing up (and restoring) a SQL...

2019-01-01 (first published: 2018-12-19)

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Azure SQL Database DTU Versus vCore

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I wrote a guest article for an IT consultancy on Azure SQL Database, more specifically DTUs and vCore options. At...

2018-12-17

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SQL Server I/O

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Sometimes I like to see and know what SQL server is doing under certain operations and recently I wrote an...

2018-12-11

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Azure SQL Database “Step By Step” Tutorials

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I would like to share a link to my Azure SQL Database Stairway series hosted over at SQLServerCentral. As stated...

2018-12-06

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Azure SQL Database – Firewall Rules

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

If you decide to use IP addresses to control what services have access to your Azure SQL Database, then understanding...

2018-12-04

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Blogs

Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents

By Joyful-Craftsmen

In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...

Are you getting value from your reporting?

By ChrisJenkins

Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...

The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central

It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...

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Which 'Where' statement conditional upon a variable

Thanks in advance for any clues on this. I am trying to write a...

Backup to Immutable Storage

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Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server

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Backup to Immutable Storage

In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?

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