Calling Http endpoints in T-SQL using CURL extension
SQL Server Database Engine don’t have built-in functions that would enable you to send information to some API using http protocol. If you would need to call some REST endpoint or a web hook from the...
View ArticleAzure SQL Database – the database engine that cannot die
Azure SQL Database is highly available database Platform as a Service that guarantees that your database will be up and running 99.99% of time, without worrying about maintenance and downtimes. This is...
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Azure SQL Database – scalability
Azure SQL Database is a flexible Platform as a service database that can be easily scaled to fit your needs. You can add more compute or storage to satisfy your performance requirements without waiting...
View ArticleHow Azure SQL Database makes database management easier?
Azure SQL database is a platform as a service SQL Server Database Engine hosted in Azure cloud and managed by Azure. Azure automates many management activities and enables you to focus on development...
View ArticleMeet the Azure SQL Database team at Microsoft Build Conference
Azure SQL Database Engineering team (@azuresqldb) represented by Lindsey Allen, Joachim Hammer, Ajay Jagannathan, Joe Sack, Shreya Verma, Kevin Farlee, Borko Novakovic, Jakub Szymaszek, Mirek Sztajno,...
View ArticleCreating Azure SQL Managed Instance using ARM templates
Azure API enables you to create Azure SQL Managed Instance using ARM templates. These are JSON objects that contain definition of resources that should be created. You can send these objects to the...
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April 2018 Leaderboard of Database Systems contributors on MSDN
Congratulations to our April top 10 contributors! Alberto Morillo and Visakh Murukesan maintain their top positions. This Leaderboard initiative was started in October 2016 to recognize the top...
View ArticleUpdating Azure SQL Managed Instance properties using ARM templates
Azure SQL Managed Instance is fully managed SQL Server Database Engine hosted in Azure cloud. Azure SQL Managed Instance allows you to easily change instance settings such as changing number of cores...
View ArticleChange size of Azure SQL Managed Instance using PowerShell
Azure SQL Managed Instance is fully-managed SQL Server Database Engine hosted in Azure cloud. With Managed Instance you can easily add/remove cores associated to the instance and change the reserved...
View ArticleCreate database on Azure SQL Managed Instance using PowerShell
Azure SQL Managed Instance is a fully managed SQL Server instance hosted in Microsoft Azure cloud that enables you to work with your databases using standard TSQL or PowerShell. In this post you will...
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Clustered Columnstore Index: Massively Parallel Trickle Insert
A traditional scenario of loading data into CCI is a nightly load from one or more data files containing millions of rows. Recommended technique is to load the data with batchsize >= 102400 as...
View ArticleCross-instance point-in-time restore in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
Azure SQL Managed Instance is a fully managed SQL Server instance hosted in Microsoft Azure cloud. Besides built-in management operations, Azure SQL Database Managed Instance enables you to perform...
View ArticleQuick-start script: Setup Azure network environment for Azure SQL Managed...
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is a fully managed SQL Server Database Engine hosted in Azure cloud and placed in your Azure network. In this post will be explained how to create environment where...
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May 2018 Leaderboard of Database Systems contributors on MSDN
Congratulations to our May top 10 contributors! Alberto Morillo and Visakh Murukesan maintain their top positions. This Leaderboard initiative was started in October 2016 to recognize the top...
View ArticleQuick-start script: Create Azure SQL Managed Instance using PowerShell
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is a fully managed SQL Server Database Engine hosted in Azure cloud. In this post you can find a simple PowerShell script that you can use to quickly create a new...
View ArticlePoint-in-time restore of a database on Azure SQL Managed Instance using...
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is PaaS version of SQL Server hosted in Azure cloud. Managed Instance enables you to create a database as a copy of the existing database at some point in time using...
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Deploy Azure SQL Managed Instance network environment using ARM
Azure SQL Managed Instance is fully managed SQL Server instance hosted in Azure cloud. You would need to prepare Azure environment where SQL Managed Instance will be hosted before you create your...
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June 2018 Leaderboard of Database Systems contributors on MSDN
Congratulations to our June top 10 contributors! Alberto Morillo and Visakh Murukesan maintain their top positions. This Leaderboard initiative was started in October 2016 to recognize the top Database...
View ArticleUsing custom types as arrays in T-SQL
One of the missing language features in T-SQL language is array support. In some cases you can use custom types to work with arrays that are passed as parameters to your stored procedures. Custom types...
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Validate your Azure network environment for SQL Managed Instance
Azure SQL Managed Instance is a fully managed PaaS SQL Server Database Engine hosted in Azure cloud that is placed in Azure Virtual network, and you need to ensure that your network is properly...
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