Thank you to everyone that took the time to write and contribute, I enjoyed reading about how you conquered your challenges, here is a round-up in no particular order.
T-SQL Tuesday #98 Round Up
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Azure SQL Database – Optimizing For Ad-hoc Workloads
Today I found out that it is now possible to enable the setting optimize for ad-hoc workloads at the database level when using Azure SQL Database. Traditionally this was always set at the server level for locally based SQL Servers.
Azure SQL Analytics
Azure SQL Analytics is currently in preview mode, still it is very impressive. The goal of this feature is to visualize important SQL performance metrics for your Azure SQL Database. There are a couple of things you need to do first.
- Setup a Log Analytics workspace.
- Enable diagnostics for your SQL Databases and/or elastic pools.
Please see the prerequisites section within this document – YOU MUST do this else you will not be able to use this feature. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-azure-sql#prerequisites
Once setup it should take approximately 15 minutes to start capturing and rendering back some data. Don’t be surprised if it does take a little longer as was the case for myself.
T-SQL Tuesday #98 – Your Technical Challenges Conquered
Welcome to the January 2018 edition of T-SQL Tuesday and I am your host BlobEater (Arun Sirpal).
If you do not know what T-SQL Tuesday is then a quick recap. T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog initiative hosted by a different blogger each month. This was founded by Adam Machanic (blog|@AdamMachanic) and is a great way of encouraging people to write. With that being said let’s move on to the topic which will be a challenging one.
A Basic Bot using Azure Bot Services
I wanted to break out my comfort levels and do something different from Azure SQL Database or straight SQL Server. I really did try something new and created a Chat Bot using Azure’s Bot Service. Warning: I am a DBA by day (and night) so this is a fun post where I am trying out different areas of Azure so I apologise if you find this too basic – its Christmas lets have some fun!
It is split across two parts. First you have to create a knowledge base which I did via the QnA Maker tool. Then secondly you use this knowledge base and link it to your Azure Bot Service.
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