Azure SQL Database Alerting

It’s good to be proactive and one way is to setup alerts and it is no different when using Azure SQL Database. I like creating alerts for my Azure SQL Databases and I encourage you to do the same.

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Folks Who Have Made a Difference

TSQL Tuesday time hosted by Ewald (https://sqlonice.com/tsql-tuesday-96-folks-who-have-made-a-difference/) and quite simply one man has morphed me into who I am today – Paul Randal. Over two years ago I was a one of many that had the chance to be mentored by him. It lasted just under one year and the effects were huge for me.

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SQL Server 2017 – Interleaved Execution

I worked on testing interleaved execution with Microsoft back in January, I didn’t do much, just tested the functionality against some in-house code we had. (If you need a detailed primer on the subject, please see https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sqlserverstorageengine/2017/04/19/introducing-interleaved-execution-for-multi-statement-table-valued-functions/)

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Azure SQL Database Compatibility Levels

Let’s start off with a quick overview of SQL Server versions and compatibility levels.

  • 100 = SQL Server 2008 and Azure SQL Database
  • 110 = SQL Server 2012 and Azure SQL Database
  • 120 = SQL Server 2014 and Azure SQL Database
  • 130 = SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database
  • 140 = SQL Server 2017 and Azure SQL Database

So with SQL Server 2017 now available to the public what level is a newly created Azure SQL Database set at?

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Azure SQL Database Automatic Tuning – Questions Answered

I used to be on the fence regarding whether or not Automatic Tuning should be on as the default when creating Azure SQL Databases. A part of me never liked the idea of Azure creating/dropping indexes or forcing plans without my prior approval but then again if it happens to do the right thing at the right time then it’s a pleasurable experience.

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