SQL Server Performance Newsletter
Monday, May 13, 2019

How monitoring can help keep your SQL Server estate secure

In this new whitepaper you'll learn:

  • Why standard monitoring alone leaves you vulnerable
  • How to defend against unknown attacks with a broader monitoring approach

  • Download the whitepaper

Introduction To The Cosmos DB Emulator
Database Journal
Cosmos DB constitutes one of the Azure foundational services, which ensures its availability in every existing and newly provisioned Azure region. READ MORE...
Why Dbas Must Embrace Devops
A good day for a database administrator (DBA) is a lot like a good airline flight. A lot of excitement in either situation is bad. In a perfect world, a DBA will be productive and not spending most of their time “putting out fires.” (And fires are never a good idea on a flight!) READ MORE...
_Azure SQL DB Serverless Can Save You Money_
Brent Ozar
If you’ve got a database that doesn’t need to be on all the time, Azure SQL DB Serverless is in public preview now. It makes a lot of sense for those development databases you have to keep around, but don’t really want to pay for. READ MORE...
Why Is My Log File Not Shrinking When I Do Regular Backups?
Steve Stedman's Blog
I often times get the question similar to “Why is my log file not shrinking when I do regular backups”? It goes to show there the functionality of the SQL Server transaction log is not entirely clear. READ MORE...
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