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Why Long-Term Retention (LTR) Backups Don’t Attach After a PITR Restore in Azure SQL Database
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...60Views0likes0CommentsAzure SQL Hyperscale: Understanding PITR Retention vs Azure Portal Restore UI
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...109Views0likes0CommentsWhen Azure Portal/CLI Can’t Delete an Azure SQL DB: Check the Database Name (Unsupported Characters)
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....78Views0likes0CommentsHow to Get Database‑Wise Session Details in an Azure SQL Elastic Pool Using T‑SQL
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...87Views0likes0CommentsTroubleshooting Azure SQL Managed Identity Authentication When SSMS Works but Applications Fail
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Azure SQL Data Sync is commonly used to keep selected tables synchronized between a hub database and one or more member databases. In some cases, you may discover a data “gap”: a subset of rows that ...209Views0likes0Comments