To find the database name you can pipe the output of Get-AzureSqlDatabasServer directly to Get-AzureSqlDatabase. You can see here that I'll be using a database name of myazuredatabase. [Click on image ...

For example, the new multi-server management features make perfect sense. With the number of instances a typical SQL Server DBA has to administer, any new capabilities for multi-server management are ...

Warnings Information in this article applies to Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The instructions for earlier versions of SQL Server, including versions 2008 and 2005, are similar.

The Linux version of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 v.Next is a viable option for customers who want to deploy the RDBMS on an open source platform, but the early previews lack some features of the ...

Tuning these statements will reduce the session holds on the locks. NETWORKIO —The async_network_io (in SQL 2005/2008) and networkio (in SQL 2000) wait types can point to network- related issues, but ...

Particularly in the case of SQL Server, introducing vector columns may require schema evolution, which can be disruptive. Of course Azure Cosmos DB is schema-free, meaning that while there is schema, ...