Saving Costs in Azure
Nobody wants to waste money and being in the cloud is no exception! Luckily for us Azure is very efficient...
2018-02-27 (first published: 2018-02-15)
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Arun Sirpal
How to setup Azure SQL Analytics
I am a big fan of this feature, I have written and spoken about it before ( https://blobeater.blog/2018/01/04/azure-sql-analytics/) but I did...
2018-02-26
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Azure SQL Database sa Connections?
I was using a query on one of my local SQL Servers where I wanted to know what logins were...
2018-02-07
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Deleting Azure SQL Database VNETs
This is quite a new feature (currently in preview) but an important one where we now have the ability to...
2018-02-07 (first published: 2018-01-29)
1,032 reads
The world of Automatic Tuning – SQL Server 2017
Times are changing, 10 years ago I would never have thought that self-tuning databases would be available as a packaged...
2018-01-31 (first published: 2018-01-22)
2,414 reads
Azure Portal – Bad Request
I had a strange issue recently when trying to login to the Azure Portal. Quite simply I would enter my...
2018-01-16
269 reads
Azure SQL Database – Optimizing For Ad-hoc Workloads
Today I found out that it is now possible to enable the setting optimize for ad-hoc workloads at the database...
2018-01-16 (first published: 2018-01-08)
1,603 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #98 Round Up
Thank you to everyone that took the time to write and contribute, I enjoyed reading about how you conquered your...
2018-01-11
583 reads
Azure SQL Analytics
Azure SQL Analytics is currently in preview mode, still it is very impressive. The goal of this feature is to...
2018-01-04
995 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #98 – Your Technical Challenges Conquered
Welcome to the January 2018 edition of T-SQL Tuesday and I am your host BlobEater (Arun Sirpal).
If you do not...
2018-01-02
630 reads
Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
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
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Forums
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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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