As of October 2018, Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is now generally available in the general purpose tier. Business Critical should be available in the near future. The general purpose tier of Managed Instance being available will now allow businesses to do proof of concepts and be able to elevate those environments to production knowing […]
MVP for Another Year
I am a little late in posting this, but I still wanted to share. It is a huge honor to be recognized as a Microsoft MVP for another year. I am humbled to receive this award again for the 2018-2019 cycle. Thank you to all of you who provide constant support and opportunities for me […]
Azure Training in London
I am very excited about my upcoming IEAzure class being held in London, September 10th and 11th at the Marriott in Kensington (London). This is a content rich class covering SQL Server running on Azure Virtual Machines (Azure IaaS) as well as Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance (PaaS). You read that correctly, we’ve expanded the […]
T-SQL Tuesday: Giving back to the community
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday from Riley Major (b|t) asks us to figure out a way to give back to the community and then write about it. I’m going to go with the option to write about how and why I got started since I am already heavily involved with the community and wanting to do […]
Azure SQL Database Manage Instance
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is bridging the gap between 0n-premises SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. Azure SQL Database Managed Instance gives you the benefits of Platform as a Service and the scoped configuration of a SQL Server instance. The overall goal of Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is to provide 100% surface configuration […]
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is now private preview
Today is the day that Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is available for the world to explore. Private preview means not production ready, but ready enough to allow users to start working with a product or feature to test and learn about it. If you have an active Azure subscription, you click on create a […]
Microsoft to Decommission Connect on 12/31/2017
Microsoft will be decommissioning the Connect platform on 12/31/2017 due to privacy concerns and will be replacing it with a new forum on UserVoice. Connect has been a very valuable method for users to submit feedback and the community to be able to vote the item up if they too have had the same issue […]
New Course: Implementing a Hybrid Cloud Solution in Azure
My latest Pluralsight course – SQL Server: Implementing a Hybrid Cloud Solution in Azure – is well over two hours and long and is based on part of my popular workshop/precon that I have been presenting over the past 18 months. This was a fun and challenging course to develop and record. The modules are: Introduction Understanding Azure IaaS Understanding […]