Virtualization does not equal a private cloud
I see a lot of confusion when it comes to creating a private cloud. Many seem to think that by...
2016-07-07
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James Serra's Blog
Azure SQL Data Warehouse pricing
The pricing for Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) consists of a compute charge and a storage charge. For compute, it is...
2016-06-23
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SQL Server 2016 is here!
Today is the day: SQL Server 2016 is available for download! You can download all the versions (enterprise, standard, web,...
2016-06-01
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Azure Storage pricing
Azure storage is a great, inexpensive solution for storing your data in the cloud. There are many types of Azure...
2016-05-25
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Migrate from on-prem SQL server to Azure VM IaaS
Hopefully you went through my presentations Should I move my database to the cloud?, Introducing Azure SQL Database and Implement SQL Server on an...
2016-05-26 (first published: 2016-05-18)
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Azure Speed Testing
Have you ever wondered what Azure region would be the fastest to host your applications when those applications are accessed from your...
2016-05-11
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New Azure storage account type
In Azure, there previously has been only one kind of storage account, which is now called a “General Purpose” storage...
2016-05-04
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SQL Server 2016 available June 1st!
Woo hoo! Microsoft has announced that SQL Server 2016 will be generally available on June 1st. On that date all four...
2016-05-02
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Big Data architectures
Over the last few years I have been involved in reviewing the architectures of various companies that are building or have...
2016-05-12 (first published: 2016-04-29)
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Azure SQL Database pricing
Pricing Azure SQL database is difficult because various database service tier options such as database transaction units (DTU’s), max database size,...
2016-04-22
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Blogs
The First Steps: Understanding the Basics of FinOps
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As a DevOps professional, I’ve seen firsthand how cloud costs can quickly spiral out...
Monday Monitor Tips: AI Query Analysis
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AI: Blog a Day – Day 8: RAG – Retrieval Augmented Generation
By Vinay Thakur
RAG — Retrieval Augmented Generation. we have covered so far — embeddings, vectors, vector...
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Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers