It’s the end of the year and already I am seeing the usual blog posts that either reflect on the year that was, or are pondering the year to come. I thought about writing another post covering all of the things that didn’t happen to me this past year but since I’ve already done that [...]
Cloud Computing
SQL Azure Billing
Had a quick chat with Buck today regarding a recent bill (for $1.38 USD) for my Azure subscription.
If you are using Azure for testing (like me), and you want to minimize your chances of being billed, then just drop the user databases you have created. You don’t need to drop your Azure subscription, so please [...]
Virtualization Thoughts
I decided to drive over to Waltham tonight to listen to Brent Ozar (blog | twitter) talk out of his ass about virtualization. The place was packed and @BrentO put on a good show, as expected. He gave us the four hour slide deck but condensed it down to about 60 minutes.
I chatted with Brent [...]
Canceling a SQL Azure Account
or…not…
I wanted to cancel my account before I got hit up for “hidden charges” or something ridonkulous like that and could not find any way to cancel my subscription short of calling someone on the phone which could be my least favorite thing to do.
From what I could tell, I should be allowed to “opt-out” [...]
SQL Azure Videos
Since I have been railing on SQL Azure lately, I thought I could share with you some of the videos you can watch for free over at MSDN. In case you were not aware, there is a LOT of free content over at MSDN and I am trying to utilize it more and more these [...]
SQL Azure Woes
I recently presented a session on SQL Azure (you can download the slide deck here). During the session we talked a lot about some of the little things I have found by simply using SQL Azure. The need for a clustered index on every table was a surprise to me when I first found out [...]