Many of us might prefer to connect to Azure SQL Server using a custom domain name (like devsqlserver.mycompany.com) rather than the default fully qualified domain name (devsqlserver.database.windows....

Recently, I worked on an interesting customer case where they had a requirement to export all the IP addresses that are whitelisted on the Azure SQL Servers within their subscription. Below is the ...

During a recent customer engagement, we investigated sustained transaction log growth in Azure SQL Database without obvious large user transactions. The customer was familiar with PostgreSQL diagnost...

Why IP Whitelisting Is Required and What Customers Should Know Azure SQL Data Sync is commonly used to synchronize data between on‑premises SQL Server databases and Azure SQL Database. While the se...

Azure SQL Data Sync is commonly used to synchronize data across Azure SQL Databases and on‑premises SQL Server environments. While the service works well in many scenarios, customers may occasionally...

Summary Customers sometimes expect that after performing a Point‑in‑Time Restore (PITR) and renaming the restored database back to its original name, existing Long‑Term Retention (LTR) backups will...

Overview Customers using Azure SQL Database – Hyperscale may sometimes notice a discrepancy between the configured Point-in-Time Restore (PITR) retention period and what the Azure Portal displays a...

By Tanayankar Chakraborty & Dimitri Furman  Issue  We recently worked on a customer case involving challenges with shrinking an Azure SQL Database (Hyperscale). The primary concern was that the s...

Scenario (from a real service request) A customer reported a General Purpose (Gen5, 2 vCores) Azure SQL Database that was incurring charges but could not be deleted using Azure Portal or Azure CLI....

When you run multiple databases inside an Azure SQL Database elastic pool, it’s common to hit questions like: Which database is using the most sessions right now? Are we getting close to the po...