Nathan Courtine

Managed Backup with SQL Server 2014

In a previous blog post called Backup a SQL Server database from On-Premise to Azure, I presented the different tools to backup your on-premise databases on Azure Storage. SQL Server Managed Backup to Windows Azure was one of(…)

How to store SQL Server data files in Azure Storage

A new functionality, introduced with SQL Server 2014, enables to store data files from a SQL Server database in Windows Azure Storage. In this posting, I will show how it works.   Accessing Azure Storage The(…)

Deploying a SQL Server database to Azure

Deploying an SQL Server database to a Windows Azure virtual machine is a feature introduced with SQL Server 2014. It can be useful for an organization  that wants to reduce its infrastucture management, simplify the deployment, or have a(…)

Backup a SQL Server database from On-Premise to Azure

SQL Server database backup & restore from On-Premise to Azure is a feature introduced with SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2. In the past, it could be used with these three tools: Transact-SQL (T-SQL) PowerShell SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) With(…)

Master Data Services installation for SQL Server 2012

This posting is a tutorial for installing Master Data Services on your Windows Server 2012. Microsoft SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) is a Master Management product from Microsoft, code-named Bulldog. It is the rebranding of the Stratature MDM(…)

ESPC 2014: Upgrading To SharePoint 2013

I have decided to make a resume of the presentation “Upgrading SharePoint 2013” by Sam Hassani that I have followed at the European SharePoint Conference 2014. This is meant for the people who did not have the chance(…)

Improving your SharePoint performance using SQL Server settings (part 1)

SharePoint performance is a recursive problem and preoccupation. As a Database Administrator, we have to deal with SharePoint when configuring SQL Server databases. In this article, I will propose a list of best practices in SQL Server settings(…)

SQL Server 2014: An overview of the New Features

The Microsoft Techdays 2013 took place on 12-13 November at the Congress Center in Basel and on 18-19 November at the Beaulieu Congress Center in Lausanne. With more than 400 participants in Lausanne and around 1’000 participants in Basel,(…)