Announcing the Availability of adutil for RHEL 9 and Ubuntu 22.04 !
We’re thrilled to share that adutil, the Active Directory Utility for SQL Server, is now officially supported on RHEL 9 and Ubuntu 22.04. If you’ve been waiting for this, your patience has paid off! Let’s dive into the details. …
Azure Arc enabled SQL Server – determine your Azure SQL target with ease and confidence
Azure Arc enabled SQL Server enables you to manage, secure and govern your SQL Server estate from Azure. At the same time, it also enables you to streamline your Azure migration and modernization journey. Azure SQL migration assessment runs conti …
Migration sql server from sql 2017 to sql 2022 with Minimal Down time
Below is our suggestion for the migration activity: Always on High Availability DB Mirroring Logshipping SQL Always on High Availability : It is possible to configure a SQL Server Always On availability group w …
Cumulative Update #27 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
The 27th 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. To learn more about the release or servicing m …
SQL Server 2022 is EAL 2 Common Criteria certified!
In a previous blog post in 2023 we mentioned that two Common Criteria (CC) certifications of SQL Server 2022 were in progress. We are excited to announce that CC EAL2 certifications for SQL Server 2022 on Windows and Linux (including enabled by Azure A …
Database mail and connection pool depletion
Database Mail (DBMail) in SQL Server is a feature that allows you to send emails directly from SQL Server, but it has limitations when sending a large volume of emails. The issues you’re experiencing with DBMail not being able to send massive emails co …
SQL Server on Azure VMs: I/O analysis (preview)
Analyzing I/O problems just got easier for SQL Server on Azure VMs It is not easy to understand what’s going on when you run into an I/O related performance problem on an Azure Virtual Machine. It is a common, but complex problem. What you need …
ライセンス関連のお問い合わせ窓口について (Azure 仮想マシン : SQL Server)
こんにちは、 SQL Server サポートです。 本記事では、Azure 仮想マシン上でご利用の SQL Server のライセンスに関するお問い合わせ窓口を紹介します。 Azure 仮想マシン上の SQL Server のライセンスやご契約に関するお問い合わせを 私ども技術サポート窓口 にお問い合わせをいただくことがありますが、恐れ入りますが専門外となるため、基本的にご案内はできないものとなります。 つきましては、Azure 仮想マシン上の SQL Server のラ …
Unlock power of data in Azure- With SQL Server on Linux Azure VMs and Azure AI search
In a world awash with data, the challenge lies in our ability to comprehend and engage with it seamlessly. My colleague Muazma has shed light on this topic in her insightful blog: “Chat with your data in Azure SQL Database,”. Inspired by her wor …
Cumulative Update #13 for SQL Server 2022 RTM
The 13th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2022 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site. Please note that registration is no longer required to download Cumulative updates. To learn more about the release or servicing m …
Windows 11/Windows Server 2022 への SQL Server のインストールが失敗する場合の対処策について
こんにちは。SQL Server サポート チームです。 今回は、Windows 11 に SQL Server をインストールする際に、インストール先のディスクのセクター サイズが 4KB よりも大きいために、インストールに失敗した場合の対処策をご案内します。 SQL Server では 4KB よりも大きなセクター サイズをサポートしていないため、4KB よりも大きなセクター サイズのディスクに SQL Server をインストールしようとすると、インストールに失敗します。 …
SQL Server Always On Availability group on AKS with DH2i’s DxOperator and Rancher by SUSE
Did you know you can do a quickfire deployment of SQL Server Always On Availability Groups on Azure Kubernetes Service using DH2i’s DxOperator and Rancher by SUSE within few mins ? Utilizing Rancher with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) offers sev …
SQL Server Networking troubleshooting documentation expanded
The SQL Server CSS (technical support) and Content teams have been publishing documentation on troubleshooting SQL Server networking issues. Here is a list of articles that have been produced over the past few months. Much of the content for the …
All about SQL drivers and access tokens
We often get support escalations related to failures around expired access tokens when using Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) authentication. There is a lot of nuance in the various drivers about how and when access tokens are used …
Why migrate Windows Server and SQL Server to Azure: ROI, innovation, and free offers
Hey everyone! We’ve been on the road the last couple of weeks at MVP Summit, SQLBits and Fabric Con, connecting with customers talking about the value of migration and modernization. We want to dig into specifically, how Azure can deliver r …