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Azure SQL Database Live Migrations
Unfortunately, with Azure SQL Database you are not able to take an existing SQL Server Backup and restore it on an Azure SQL Database server. We are talking about Microsoft’s database as a service (DaaS) offering, not Azure VMs also … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Cloud, Migration, Transactional Replication
Automatic Seeding Very Large Databases in SQL Server 2016
There are a lot of new features in SQL Server 2016. Availability Groups by itself got a lot of new features. Being that I am the founder of the High Availability and Disaster Recovery Virtual Chapter, I plan on blogging … Continue reading
Posted in SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication
Tagged AlwaysOn, automatic seeding, Availability Group, direct seeding, SQL Server 2016, XEvent
My SQL Saturday Houston Story..
This past weekend I had the privilege of speaking at SQL Saturday Houston. I enjoyed catching up with some friends while I also took the time to make some new ones as well. The Talks This year I gave two different … Continue reading
Community
Here is a list of several different ways I pay it forward within the SQL Server Community from Austin, Texas. Contact me if you would like me to speak at your event I was a Microsoft Data Platform MVP. (2016 … Continue reading
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3 Reasons to Attend SQL Saturday Austin on Jan 30th
The Austin SQL Server User Group will host its third SQL Saturday on Saturday, January 30th. SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. Admittance to this event is free ($15 … Continue reading
My PASS 2015 Vote
Today I got my annual email from PASS HQ to vote for the Board of Director elections. I always like to vote for who I think can add value to my favorite IT organization. Today, I am happy and proud … Continue reading
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PowerPivot For DBAs
The following presentation goes over how you can automate the data collection for benchmarking wait statistics, disk latency, performance counters and do analytics with PowerPivot. LINKS Dallas BI Edition SQL Saturday (Free conference just on PowerBI and other BI features) … Continue reading
Extended Event Security Permissions
Recently, I gave my first presentation of the year at Austin .NET User Group on Writing Faster Queries and I got a great question about Extended Events. The question was, “What security permissions are required for creating and modifying Extended … Continue reading
Make SQL Server Queries Run Faster
Have you ever developed slowly running queries and wondered how to tune your SQL Server queries? In this session you will learn some T-SQL performance tuning tips from a DBA who has a developer background. We will go over how … Continue reading