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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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Public Preview of Table Variable Deferred Compilation in Azure SQL Database
Last year SQL Server 2017 and Azure SQL Database introduced query processing improvements that adapt optimization strategies to your application workload’s runtime conditions. These improvements...
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Public Preview of Row Mode Memory Grant Feedback in Azure SQL Database
Last year SQL Server 2017 and Azure SQL Database introduced query processing improvements that adapt optimization strategies to your application workload’s runtime conditions. These improvements...
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Public Preview of MATCH support in MERGE DML for Graph tables in Azure SQL...
SQL Server 2017 and Azure SQL Database introduced native graph database capabilities used to model many-to-many relationships. The first implementation of SQL Graph introduced support for edges to...
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Approximate Count Distinct enters Public Preview in Azure SQL Database
Kevin Farlee Principal Program Manager, SQL Database We are pleased to announce the public preview of Approximate Count Distinct, the first of the Approximate Query Processing features. Approximate...
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Azure SQL Database team at Data Platform Summit 2018
Azure SQL Database Engineering Team (@azuresqldb) represented by (Ajay Jagannathan, and Sunil Agarwal) will be speaking at Data Platform Summit 2018 (#DPS10), Asia’s Premier Data & Analytics...
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Pearl Abyss: Massive Scale using Azure SQL Database
Pearl Abyss is a Korea based game development studio established in 2009. Black Desert Online, a PC-massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), is their main title in production published...
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July 2018 Leaderboard of Database Systems contributors on MSDN
Congratulations to our July 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 ArticleDatabase ownership chaining in Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure SQL Managed Instance enables you to run cross-database queries the same way you do it in SQL Server. It also supports cross-database ownership chaining that will be explained in this post. Cross...
View ArticleReaching Azure disk storage limit on General Purpose Azure SQL Database...
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is SQL Server implementation on Azure cloud that keeps all database files on Azure storage. In this post you will see how Managed Instance allocates disks in the...
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Create linked server to readable secondary replica in Managed Instance...
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is a fully managed SQL Server Database Engine hosted in Azure cloud that provides most of the Azure SQL Pass and SQL Server functionalities, such as linked servers...
View ArticleSending emails in Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance enables you to use most of the SQL Server features in fully managed cloud environment. One of the features is database mail system that enables you to send emails...
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Working with Azure SQL Managed Instance using Azure CLI
Azure Command Line Interface (CLI) is a command line library that enables you to quickly and easily work with your Azure SQL Managed Instances. In this post, you will see some basic CLI commands that...
View ArticleWhat is built-in intelligence in Azure SQL Database?
Azure SQL Database is a fully managed latest stable version of SQL Server Database Engine hosted in Azure cloud that has several built-in features that protect and manage your data. These features may...
View ArticleMeet the Azure SQL Database team at Microsoft Ignite Conference
Azure SQL Database Engineering team (@azuresqldb) represented by Lindsey Allen, Joachim Hammer, Drazen Sumic, Ajay Jagannathan, Kevin Farlee, Xiaochen Wu, Jakub Szymaszek, Mladen Andzic, Srdan...
View ArticlePersisting job history in Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure SQL Managed Instance is a fully managed SQL Server hosted in Azure cloud. Although it supports many SQL Server features, there are some constraints compared to SQL Server that you manage. One of...
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The easiest way to create Azure VM that can access your Azure SQL Managed...
Azure SQL Managed Instance is fully managed and secured SQL Server Database engine hosted in Azure cloud, placed in your private Azure VNet. In order to access your Managed Instance, you need to create...
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