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This guide will walk you through the process of deploy DACPAC to Azure SQL database directly from Visual Studio.
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Deploying Azure SQL Database Using an ARM Template
Provisioning infrastructure in a timely and reliable manner is essential for agile development. One well-liked method that lets you use code to automate resource management and provisioning is infrastructure as code (IaC). Azure Resource Manager templates are one IaC solution for Azure (ARM templates).
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Optimized locking in Azure SQL Database
I don’t think I’ve ever had a great impression of Azure SQL Database as a place for production applications. In its early days, it was missing several important features (like data compression). While that hole has been plugged, there are still other limitations and differences you should be aware o
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Batch Execution Mode on a Rowstore in SQL Server 2022
Batch execution mode is a new optimization feature in SQL Server. In this Article, we'll explore how Batch execution mode works and how you can use it to get faster query results on Rowstore data.
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The SQL Developer Experience: Beyond RDBMS
Microsoft has built an amazing platform with Azure SQL Database and has recently announced an offer to use this for free. Read about the capabilities and options with this cloud database platform.
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Exploring Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2022
PSPO (Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization) is a SQL Server feature that improves query performance by accepting varied data sizes based on the runtime parameter value(s) specified by the customer. It deals with the situation in which a single cached plan for a parameterized query isn't the best option for all potential incoming parameter values. Non-uniform data distributions exhibit this phenomenon. When using PSPO, SQL Server keeps several execution plans for a single query, each one customized for a particular parameter value. With the help of this feature, numerous execution plans for a parameterized query are generated, each of which is tailored for a certain range of parameter values.
2023-07-21
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Database Deployment with Terraform - Modules
Deploy resources in Azure using reusable code with Terraform modules.
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Database Deployment with Terraform - The Basics
Learn the basics of using Terraform to declaratively specify how to configure resources in infrastructure.
2022-10-17 (first published: 2022-08-26)
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