I’ve written before about how databases are like a car engine, and DBAs are like a car mechanic. That’s been the traditional view for production DBAs for, well, forever I think. And that analogy may have been true at one time, and may still be true for some DBAs. But the industry is changing. First we … Read more
When I hear stories about folks that tried to migrate to Microsoft Azure SQL Database with a brute-force-single-click and failed, I ask several follow up questions. I have found a common pattern in the answers: lack of strategy.
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The same holds true for when you restore the master database in SQL Server 2016.
Hard skills lead to the creation of silos, and soft skills are how silos are avoided. And for those who want to survive in the application-centric future of IT, soft skills are a must-have skill.
Here’s an example of something I came across for Azure SQL Database V12 that I don’t see documented anywhere (yet): You can change the compatibility level of an Azure SQL Database.
