Successful cloud migration begins with a series of key decisions and simple steps forward such as choosing to run Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure. Why Azure? Customers choose Azure for their Windows Server workloads for three reasons: cloud security, increased agility and reduced costs. You mean I can’t just use my old Windows … Read more
Not ready to give up on your on-premises SQL Server licensing investment but eager for the benefits of the cloud? Get the best of both worlds by utilizing Azure Hybrid Benefit to save up to 55% on Azure SQL Database Managed Instance. What is it? Microsoft Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is a new deployment … Read more
By Terry Engelstad AIS Network VP, Network Operations For those of you who are considering using Microsoft Azure, you should know that Azure does not sell virtual machines with SQL Server installed. They sell SQL Server databases which are carved out of much large SQL Server Server. Recently, a colleague asked me about SQL. … Read more
By Terry Engelstad MCP, MCSE, CCNA, MCDBA, MCTS, MCITP AIS Network Operations Manager It’s very tempting to move Microsoft SQL Server instances to a virtualized environment, especially now that virtualization has become more sophisticated. Theoretically, reducing the number of physical machines that you have while saving money by cutting your power, maintenance and licensing costs, … Read more
By Terry Engelstad MCP, MCSE, CCNA, MCDBA, MCTS, MCITP AIS Network Operations Manager If you are not familiar with how SQL Server works, you should know that it does, in fact, use memory for caching of data. If you don’t give it enough memory, then it won’t cache enough data. If you don’t cache enough … Read more