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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(…)

SQL Server tips: how to list orphaned logins

I read a lot of about orphaned database users in SQL Server, but I have almost never read about orphaned logins. Many of my customers migrate or remove databases in SQL Server. They forget – not every time but(…)

SQL Server tips: Executing a query with the EXECUTE command

This short SQL Server blog post is meant to help people who have experienced the error messages 2812 and 203 with the EXECUTE command. The goal is to execute a simple query from a variable in a string(…)

Journées SQL Server 2014: il n’est pas trop tard pour vous inscrire

Le plus grand événement français va bientôt avoir lieu (1 et 2 décembre) à Paris et il vous reste  encore une semaine pour vous y inscrire! Pensez également à commander votre lunch(…)

SQL Server 2014: buffer pool extension & corruption

I had the opportunity to attend Paul Randal’s session on advanced data recovery techniques at the Pass Summit. During this session one attendee asked Paul if a page that has just been corrupted can remain in the buffer pool extension(…)

SQL Server & memory leak: Are you sure?

I have recently come across an issue with one of my customer that told me that their SQL Server 2008 R2 instance had a memory leak. These are strong words! The server has 64 GB of RAM and the(…)

SQL Server failover cluster, VSphere, & SCSI-3 reservation nightmares

When I have to install a virtualized SQL Server FCI at a customer place as an SQL Server consultant, the virtualized environment usally is ready. I guess this is the same for most part of the database consulting people.

Windows 10: The new features

First, it should have been Windows 9, but finally the new Microsoft operating system is named Windows 10! In the same way as for my blog post on Windows 8, I have decided to write a few words(…)

SQL Server: Forced failover with AlwaysOn & Availability Groups

During a workshop at one of my customer about the implementation of SQL Server AlwaysOn and availability groups, I had an interesting discussion. It was about asynchronous replication between 2 replicas and the effect of the forced failover operation(…)