Last week during TechEd North America Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2014 was coming…soon-ish. No release date has been set as of yet, and we have been told we *may* expect a preview in the next few weeks. Click here to be notified when the bits are ready. I’m very excited to get my hands … Read more
Grande. Bold. No room. It’s my standard order when at Starbucks. Despite there being thousands of ways to have my coffee prepared I prefer the simplest. It’s probably why I enjoy working with Windows Azure SQL Database (WASD) so much. The number of configuration options we have with WASD is limited. By limiting the options … Read more
I’m a huge fan of Windows Azure SQL Database (WASD), I really am. I know there are other fans out there as well. With each passing day we help transport more of the old-school DBAs into the 21st century by showing them what Azure has to offer. Unfortunately there are always a few folks that … Read more
Azure SQL Database does not support the WITH ENCRYPTION option for objects such as stored procedures, user defined functions, triggers, or views.
On my way back from SQLBits this past Sunday I spent some time drafting a handful of blog posts. One of the posts was on troubleshooting deadlocks in Windows Azure SQL Database (WASD). Imagine my surprise when I went through my RSS feeds today and found this blog post from Chris Skorlinski, written just last … Read more
Most readers of this blog are likely to be familiar with the term accidental DBA. It is meant to describe someone that ended up in the role of database administration by pure chance. They simply happened to be in the right place at the right time (or right place at the wrong time). I even wrote a book … Read more
