Query performance tuning is one of the most critical aspects of maintaining stable and predictable workloads in Azure SQL Database. While Microsoft continuously improves the SQL Server Cardinality Es...

1) Scope & Symptoms Observed symptom: Queries for the read‑only replica are now visible in the primary database’s Query Store. Please verify the application’s connection string and check whether ...

Co‑authored with HaiderZ-MSFT​  Symptoms Customers experience issues when attempting to approve a Private Endpoint for Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server, particularly in cross‑subscription or cros...

Microsoft Fabric continues to unify data engineering, analytics, and storage across the OneLake platform, including fully managed SQL Database in Fabric. While the platform is designed to provide rel...

Azure SQL Database Hyperscale is designed to deliver fast, storage‑optimized backup and restore operations. According to Microsoft documentation, most Point‑in‑Time Restore (PITR) operations for Hype...

Accurate statistics are a cornerstone of good query performance in Azure SQL Database. While the platform automatically manages statistics in most scenarios, there are real‑world cases where manual i...

In complex, distributed systems—such as cloud platforms, high‑availability databases, and mission‑critical applications—effective problem solving requires more than intuition or experience. Incidents...

The Kepner‑Tregoe (KT) methodology is especially effective in modern cloud environments like Azure SQL Database, where incidents are often multi‑dimensional, time‑bound, and affected by asynchronous ...

Monitoring and Troubleshooting Using Public DMVs Azure SQL Database provides built‑in high availability and geo‑replication capabilities to ensure database resilience and business continuity. While...

High availability (HA) is a core pillar of Azure SQL Database. Unlike traditional SQL Server deployments—where availability architectures must be designed, implemented, monitored, and maintained manu...