The Top 5 Most Common Problems With SQL Server

Top 5 Most Common Problems With SQL Server

Over the years I’ve been able to compile a list of issues that I would consider to be common with SQL Server (and other database platforms like Oracle, no platform is immune to such issues). These are the issues that are often avoidable but not always easy to fix once they have become a problem. The trick for senior administrators such as myself is to help teams understand the costs, benefits, and risks of their application design options so as to avoid these common problems. So, here is my list of the top 5 most common problems with SQL Server.

HOW TO: Connect To A Windows Azure VM Using SQL Server Management Studio

In 2013, right before I was helping to deliver a precon seminar at TechEd on Windows Azure SQL Database, Microsoft made available the ability for customers to use virtual machines running in Windows Azure. This allowed for users to run on-premises version of SQL Server but have the instance hosted in the cloud. The natural … Read more