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SQL Server Backup to URL – a cheat sheet

Dimitri_Furman on 02-15-2019 02:15 PM
A quick reference for using Backup to URL in SQL Server and in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
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SQLCAT at PASS Summit 2018

Dimitri_Furman on 12-20-2018 12:29 PM
First published on MSDN on Nov 05, 2018 This week in Seattle, PASS Summit 2018 will be happening for the twentieth time.
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Real-time performance monitoring for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance

Denzil Ribeiro on 12-20-2018 12:29 PM
First published on MSDN on Sep 26, 2018 This article was co-authored by Dimitri Furman and Denzil RibeiroReviewed by: Da...
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Storage performance best practices and considerations for Azure SQL DB Managed Instance (General Purpose)

Dimitri_Furman on 12-20-2018 12:27 PM
First published on MSDN on Jul 20, 2018 Reviewed by: Kun Cheng, Borko Novakovic, Jovan Popovic, Denzil Ribeiro, Rajesh S...
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DataCAT team at Data Platform Summit 2018

Arvind Shyamsundar on 12-20-2018 12:27 PM
First published on MSDN on Jul 16, 2018 Team members from Microsoft AzureCAT (a.
5,160

Turbo boost data loads from Spark using SQL Spark connector

Denzil Ribeiro on 12-20-2018 12:27 PM
First published on MSDN on May 12, 2018 Reviewed by: Dimitri Furman, Xiaochen WuApache Spark is a distributed processing...
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CPU and Memory Allocation on Azure SQL Database Managed Instance

Dimitri_Furman on 12-20-2018 12:25 PM
First published on MSDN on May 04, 2018 Reviewed By: Ajay Kalhan, Borko Novakovic, Drazen Sumic, Branislav UzelacIn the ...
1,791

Azure SQL DB Managed Instance - sp_readmierrorlog

Dimitri_Furman on 12-20-2018 12:25 PM
First published on MSDN on May 04, 2018 Reviewed by: Kun Cheng, Borko Novakovic, Arvind Shyamsundar, Mike WeinerAzure SQ...
1,907

SQL Server VLDB in Azure: DBA Tasks Made Simple

Dimitri_Furman on 12-20-2018 12:24 PM
First published on MSDN on Jan 22, 2018 Reviewed by: Rajesh Setlem, Mike Weiner, Xiaochen WuWith thanks to Joey D’Antoni...
1,120

Recent Updates to setting up SQL Server Availability Groups in Azure VM with AAD Domain Services

DataCAT team on 12-20-2018 12:24 PM
First published on MSDN on Oct 30, 2017 Authored by Rajesh SetlemReviewed by: Dimitri Furman, Kun ChengThis blog is an e...
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SQLCAT @PASS Summit 2017

Kun Cheng on 12-20-2018 12:24 PM
First published on MSDN on Oct 30, 2017 Authored by Kun ChengAre you coming to the PASS Summit 2017 in Seattle? SQLCAT w...
2,272

Top Questions from New Users of Azure SQL Database

Dimitri_Furman on 12-20-2018 12:24 PM
First published on MSDN on Oct 23, 2017 Reviewed by: Kun Cheng, John Hoang, Denzil Ribeiro, Rajesh SetlemOver the years,...
1,593

Using SQL Service Broker for asynchronous external script (R / Python) execution in OLTP systems

Arvind Shyamsundar on 12-20-2018 12:23 PM
First published on MSDN on Oct 19, 2017 Authored by Arvind Shyamsundar (Microsoft)Credits: Prasad Wagle, Srinivasa Babu ...
1,351

Performance implications of using multi-Statement TVFs with optional parameters

Arvind Shyamsundar on 12-20-2018 12:22 PM
First published on MSDN on Oct 16, 2017 Authored by Arvind Shyamsundar (Microsoft)Credits: Prasad Wagle, Srinivasa Babu ...
1,487

Secure your on-premises network outbound connection to Azure SQL Database by locking down target IP addresses

Kun Cheng on 12-20-2018 12:22 PM
First published on MSDN on Oct 06, 2017 Authored by Kun ChengReviewed by: Dimitri Furman, John Hoang, Mike Weiner, Rajes...
1,306

Unattended install and configuration for SQL Server 2017 on Linux

Denzil Ribeiro on 12-20-2018 12:22 PM
First published on MSDN on Oct 03, 2017 SQL 2017 bits are generally available to customers today.
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Enterprise Data Pipelines using Azure PaaS Services – An Introduction

DataCAT team on 12-20-2018 12:21 PM
First published on MSDN on Sep 19, 2017 Authored by Rangarajan SrirangamAuthors: Rangarajan Srirangam, Mandar Inamdar, J...
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Instant Log Initialization for SQL Server in Azure

Dimitri_Furman on 12-20-2018 12:21 PM
First published on MSDN on Sep 11, 2017 Reviewed by: John Hoang, Denzil Ribeiro, Rajesh Setlem, Mike WeinerIntroductionI...
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Common ISV application patterns using Azure SQL Data Warehouse

DataCAT team on 12-20-2018 12:20 PM
First published on MSDN on Sep 05, 2017 Authored by John HoangAuthor: John HoangTechnical Reviewers: Dimitri Furman, Mur...
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Azure SQL Data Warehouse Workload Patterns and Anti-Patterns

DataCAT team on 12-20-2018 12:20 PM
First published on MSDN on Sep 05, 2017 Authored by Murshed ZamanReviewed by: John Hoang, Dimitri Furman, Mike Weiner, S...
1,374

Collecting performance data with PSSDIAG for SQL Server on Linux

Denzil Ribeiro on 12-20-2018 12:20 PM
First published on MSDN on Aug 11, 2017 Reviewed by: Suresh Kandoth,Rajesh Setlem, Steven Schneider, Mike Weiner, Dimitr...
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How the SQLCAT Customer Lab is Monitoring SQL on Linux

DataCAT team on 12-20-2018 12:19 PM
First published on MSDN on Jul 03, 2017 Authored by Steven SchneiderReviewed By: Denzil Ribeiro, Dimitri Furman, Mike We...
1,240

Performance impact of memory grants on data loads into Columnstore tables

Denzil Ribeiro on 12-20-2018 12:18 PM
First published on MSDN on Jun 02, 2017 Reviewed by: Dimitri Furman, Sanjay Mishra, Mike Weiner, Arvind Shyamsundar, Kun...
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Azure SQL Data Warehouse loading patterns and strategies

DataCAT team on 12-20-2018 12:18 PM
First published on MSDN on May 17, 2017 Authored by John HoangAuthors: John Hoang, Joe Sack and Martin Lee Abstract This...
1,150

Build a recommendation system with the support for graph data in SQL Server 2017 and Azure SQL DB

Arvind Shyamsundar on 12-20-2018 12:17 PM
First published on MSDN on Apr 21, 2017 Authored by Arvind Shyamsundar and Shreya Verma Reviewed by Dimitri Furman, Joe ...
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Try and try again: not always a good idea (at least not for SSMS!)

Arvind Shyamsundar on 12-20-2018 12:16 PM
First published on MSDN on Apr 06, 2017 Contributions from, and reviewed by: Ken Van Hyning, David Shiflet, Charles Gagn...
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SQLCAT at SQLBits 2017

Dimitri_Furman on 12-20-2018 12:15 PM
First published on MSDN on Mar 30, 2017 The widely popular SQLBits conference will take place April 5-8 2017 in Telford,...
2,298

Backing up a VLDB to Azure Blob Storage

Dimitri_Furman on 12-20-2018 12:15 PM
First published on MSDN on Mar 10, 2017 Reviewed by: Pat Schaefer, Rajesh Setlem, Xiaochen Wu, Murshed ZamanAll SQL Serv...
1,156

SQL Server Availability Groups in Azure VM setup with AAD Domain Services

DataCAT team on 12-20-2018 12:15 PM
First published on MSDN on Feb 23, 2017 Authored by Rajesh SetlemReviewed by: Steven Schneider, Sanjay Mishra, Mike Wein...
1,466

Migration from SQL Server to Azure SQL Database Using Transactional Replication

Dimitri_Furman on 12-20-2018 12:13 PM
First published on MSDN on Feb 03, 2017 Written by: Josh Gnanayutham, Program Manager, SQL EngineeringIntroductionAs use...
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bhaskar_88
in Azure SQL Data Warehouse loading patterns and strategies on 04-17-2020
I must say this is extremely helpful for those who have started building ETL pipeline to azure data-warehouse. Very nicely explained.
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Dimitri_Furman
in Storage performance best practices and considerations for Azure SQL DB Managed Instance (General Purpose) on 08-05-2019
@thanos7 yes, you do have to increase the size of each file to get higher IOPS and throughput for that file. The 8TB limit only controls the total disk space you can consume on the instance.
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thanos7
in Storage performance best practices and considerations for Azure SQL DB Managed Instance (General Purpose) on 08-03-2019
@Dimitri_Furman We have already acquired 8 TB Premium disk for the Managed Instance. In order to increase the IOPs for each database do we have to alter the database and modify the size of the file ? Thanks in advance
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Dimitri_Furman
in Storage performance best practices and considerations for Azure SQL DB Managed Instance (General Purpose) on 07-08-2019
Thanks @Chris_at_Comply365, fixed.
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Chris_at_Comply365
in Storage performance best practices and considerations for Azure SQL DB Managed Instance (General Purpose) on 05-29-2019
One important thing to note when using the provided query to calculate the TotalBlobSizeGB used toward the 35TB limit...In-memory OLTP is not supported in the General Purpose Tier, which means that the eXtreme Transaction Processing (XTP) files are not used, even though they exist in sys.master_file...
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