In a recent video, I took a hands-on look at the Next Gen General Purpose service tier in Azure SQL Managed Instance—and it brings some exciting advancements to the table! This update marks a significant evolution in the managed database space, offering improved performance, enhanced storage capabilities, and streamlined scaling […]
Deploying VMWare into Azure
Did you know that you can deploy native VMWare virtual machines into Azure? Yeah, I didn’t either until earlier this month. Expanding VMWare If you are running VMware current in your on-premises, this solution would allow you to create a VMware cluster using dedicated Azure resources. These resources are based […]
Azure SQL Database: Great Choice for Modern Cloud Applications
Microsoft offers several options for moving your SQL Server workloads to Azure. If you’re looking to host modern cloud applications, your best option is Azure SQL Database Service. For an overview of the business benefits of using data infrastructure services in the cloud, download “Future-Proof Your Data Infrastructure with Azure: […]
HammerDB for Azure SQL DB
Bench marking your environment is an important step when introducing new hardware, which is accomplished by running a test workload against the hardware. There are multiple ways to accomplish this to get SQL Server performance data One of these methods is using HammerDB, which is a free tool that […]