When to use SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Rearchitecting applications to run in the cloud can be a significant undertaking requiring time, money, and the appropriate skills. If you want to move existing on-premises apps to the cloud, but don’t have the necessary resources to rearchitect your a …
Cumulative Update #3 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
The 3rd cumulative update release for SQL Server 2019 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site. Please note that registration is no longer required to download Cumulative updates. CU3 KB Article: https://support.microsoft …
Update: ODBC Driver 17.5.2 for SQL Server Released
Version 17.5.2 of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server has been released. Version 17.5.2 brings a couple minor updates and one fix to the driver. FeaturesSupport authentication with Managed Identity for Azure Key VaultSupport for addit …
Sync Mobile Apps with Azure using Change Tracking API
If you are creating a mobile app that will work sending data back and forth from the cloud (I guess that 99% of the apps fall into this use case), you will have at some point the need to sync data between the app and the cloud itself. If you are …
SQL Server Licensing: High Availability and Disaster Recovery benefits
One of the most popular software assurance benefits for SQL Server customers is the ability to deploy SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery architectures with the best TCO. Starting November 1st, 2019, every Software Assurance customer of …
Troubleshooting Common issues with Elastic Jobs in Azure SQL Database
Elastic Jobs are currently in public preview. The feature is ready and we are preparing to make it officially generally available. No extra steps are required to get started. Determining the Cause of Failure Assume for the purposes o …
Management operations and data access for Azure SQL Database with Golang
Goal for this post is to introduce how to start interacting with Azure SQL through Go (https://golang.org/), an open source programming language gaining lots of traction in developers’ community thanks to its simplicity and efficiency in s …
Running, Scheduling and Monitoring Elastic Jobs in Azure SQL Database
Elastic Jobs are currently in public preview. The feature is ready and we are preparing to make it officially generally available. No extra steps are required to get started. In previous posts, I have demonstrated how to create an El …