Azure Arc-enabled Data Services – Cloud Summit 2021
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Azure Arc-enabled Data Services – Cloud Summit 2021

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak at the Cloud Summit, an international community event, about Azure Arc-enabled Data Services. Specifically, I focused on operating an Azure SQL Managed Instance in your data center. As I previously did at DataSaturday #14 in Oslo, I began my presentation by discussing the various options of Azure Arc….

Data Saturday #14 – Oslo 2021 – Introduction into Azure Arc Data Services
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Data Saturday #14 – Oslo 2021 – Introduction into Azure Arc Data Services

Today the time had come – I was finally able to speak at Data Saturday (formerly SQLSaturday) in Oslo … that was finally not due to the organizers but rather to me or the pandemic, since I hadn’t dared to give lectures until 2020 Keeping English, I hadn’t submitted any sessions for Oslo either. I…

SQL Server High Availability – DBCC 2021 – Part 1
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SQL Server High Availability – DBCC 2021 – Part 1

Any one of my customers has asked, or should have asked, “do I need a certain level of high availability for my SQL server or one of my SQL servers?” Regrettably, these deliberations often come to a halt when it comes to the budget… Naturally, such HA-solutions are more expensive, and depending on the solution…

Aha effect when setting SQL instance parameters with dbatools

Aha effect when setting SQL instance parameters with dbatools

In the last week, I installed several SQL Servers for one customer and had to install and configure them all identically. What is closer here than to do this with a Powershell script, so I made the “effort” and the individual steps of the SQL Server configuration with dbatools to realize. I do not want…

#4 SQL Server Configuration – implement Best Practices
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#4 SQL Server Configuration – implement Best Practices

I hadn’t been writing this Powershell series for a long time, and I’d like to make up for it, even though a lot of things have changed (in my work & community life) … I’d like to introduce you to two things today, once in a conventional way and how Powershell could configure SQL Server…