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Cloud Day 2–Understanding Cloud Storage
Welcome to the Cloud Day 2—in this series you will learn about some slightly more advanced topics in the public cloud. We’re going to go...
What’s Azure all about? A getting started tale…
I've been playing around with Azure lately, trying to advance my skills to something in the cloud besides the Oracle Cloud project I'm...
Announcing General Availability of Aqua Data Studio 20.6!
On behalf of the entire Aqua Data Studio team, we’re excited to announce the release of Aqua Data Studio version 20.6 with Enhancements in the...
Creating and connecting to MSSQL Database on Azure with Delphi / C++Builder
I have been asked multiple times recently about connecting to a Azure databases with Delphi and C++Builder. So….I decided to make a...
IDERA Named 2019 Most Promising Solution Provider for Microsoft by CIOReview Magazine
We are proud to announce that CIOReview Magazine recognized IDERA as being a Top 50 Solution Provider for Microsoft, and a Top 10 Solution Provider...
Introduction to Windows Azure SQL Database
Many organizations are adopting the cloud computing as their primary computing environment, and others find ways to use Microsoft Azure to enhance...
Azure MySQL Database as a Service – The next best thing to an Azure Database as a Service Addon
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Creating and Using Failover Groups in Azure DBaaS – Part 2
Connecting to Failover Group So in Part 1 of this series, we created and configured our Failover Group. Well, now that the easy stuff is...
Creating and Using Failover Groups in Azure DBaaS – Part 1
Introduction Hello everybody! One of my favorite features in Azure SQL DBaaS is Failover Groups. I have been working with these since they...
Configuring TempDB on Azure IaaS for SQL Server
Hey everybody! I am asked by clients/team members/friends a lot about how to setup TEMPDB to use the D:\ drive on an Azure VM for SQL Server. ...
Using QPI to identify high data usage in Elastic Pool
So I recently began working on a project for a client that wanted to move from a Premium Elastic Pool to a Standard Elastic Pool due to the...
Comparing a Azure SQL table with Oracle 11g
I have 2 DBs that I need to compare a record count for, Azure SQL table with Oracle 11g. I've considered writing a PS script that will connect...
Monyog MySQL Monitor 8.0.4 Has Been Released
Monyog MySQL monitor 8.0.4 release upgrades a number of libraries for enhanced stability and performance. It also fixes a crash on Azure MySQL-5.7...
Azure SQL Database – What a DBA Needs to Know
Moving your databases to "the cloud" won't eliminate the DBA job - but it will change it. Microsoft Azure SQL Database, in particular,...
The Most Powerful Reaction in IT
Lately, I’ve been seeing a particular video depicting simple yet amazing chemical reactions making its way through my social media feeds....
Setting up ER/Studio Repository with Microsoft SQL Server in Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
Howdy! In this series, we will explore on how easy it is to setup our Model Repository in the Microsoft Azure Cloud. Now I will not be...
SQL Server 2014 is almost here!
In case you hadn’t yet heard, last week Microsoft’s Quentin Clark, announced that SQL Server 2014 had reached the RTM milestone on March 18, and it...