This blog post is an update to the previous blog post “Learn more about the cloud with these free resources” from Thursday, May 3, 2018.
Learn more about the cloud with the following free resources.
General
- infographic “What every database professional needs to know about cloud migration”
- Geek Sync webcast “A visual model of cloud computing” by Henry Nirsberger
- Geek Sync webcast “Data modeling in the cloud”
- webcast “Center of gravity: The new reality for databases” by Robin Bloor
- webcast “Cloud considerations” by Mike Fal
- blog post “Beyond cloud: The multi-hybrid data ecosystem”
- blog post “Managing mountains of data with the cloud” by Bert Scalzo
- blog post “How to secure your data in the cloud”
- blog post “The most powerful reaction in IT”
- blog post “Troubleshooting common cloud database connectivity issues”
- blog post “What's the most important thing SQL Server DBAs want to learn in 2018?”
- blog post “2017: A new year with new projects?”
- blog post “A 2016 future so bright you gotta wear shades?”
- blog post “2015 State of the cloud report”
Microsoft Windows Azure
- whitepaper “Windows Azure SQL Database architecture” by Herve Roggero
- whitepaper “Introduction to Windows Azure SQL Database” by Herve Roggero
- Geek Sync webcast “Introduction to performance tuning in Azure SQL Database” by John Sterrett
- Geek Sync webcast “The future of the DBA: DevOps, the cloud paradigm, and the Microsoft Data Platform” by Stuary R. Ainsworth
- blog post “Better understand the architecture of Microsoft Azure SQL Database”
- blog post “Introduction to Windows Azure SQL Database”
- blog post “Azure MySQL database as a service – The next best thing to an Azure Database as a service addon”
- blog post “Creating and using failover groups in Azure DBaaS” Part 1 and 2
- blog post “Configuring tempdb on Azure IaaS for SQL Server”
- blog post “How to make a copy of a database on Windows Azure SQL Database”
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- whitepaper “Amazon Web Services (AWS) deployment best practices”
- blog post “Amazon and VMware accelerate hybrid cloud partnership”
IDERA’s Products
- solution brief “IDERA’s solutions for the cloud”
- datasheet “IDERA solutions for DBAs managing complex database environments”
- datasheet “IDERA solutions for data professionals with complex database environments”
- blog post “Why should you learn about databases in the cloud?”
- blog post “Do not fear the cloud”
- blog post “How to manage complex database environments”
- blog post “Monitor the performance of SQL Server in the hybrid cloud”
- blog post “How to comprehensively manage SQL Servers on-premise and in the cloud”
SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server
- solution brief “SQL Diagnostic Manager for the hybrid cloud”
- blog post “Microsoft announces the availability of IDERA SQL DM Performance Insights for Azure Data Studio”
- blog post “Introducing IDERA SQL DM Performance Insights for Azure Data Studio”
ER/Studio
- blog post “Setting up ER/Studio repository with Microsoft SQL Server in Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines”
SQL Safe Backup
- solution brief “SQL Safe Backup for the hybrid cloud
- blog post “How to backup and restore SQL Server in the cloud”
SQL Doctor
- solution brief “SQL Doctor for the hybrid cloud”
- blog post “How to Tune the performance of SQL Server, Azure SQL Database and Amazon RDS”
- blog post “How to tune SQL Server in the cloud”
SQL Secure
- SQL Diagnostic Manager is a robust performance monitoring, alerting and diagnostics solution for SQL Server. It supports Amazon RDS for SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database.
- ER/Studio Data Architect is a powerful data modeling tool, and enables companies to discover, document, and re-use data assets. It supports data modeling operations for Microsoft Azure SQL Database along with SQL Server on an Azure VM.
- DBArtisan protects data security by managing permissions and privileges for cloud and on-premises deployments of Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and more.
- SQL Safe Backup provides a high-performance backup and recovery solution for SQL Server. It supports Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) and Microsoft Azure Blob Storage.
- SQL Doctor analyzes cloud and on-premises deployments of Microsoft SQL Server (including Microsoft Azure SQL Database and Amazon RDS SQL Server) to generate expert recommendations with executable scripts to improve security and performance.
- SQL Secure discovers security vulnerabilities and user permissions for SQL Server. It identifies who has access to what and sends alerts on violations of corporate policies. It supports Azure SQL Database.