What is Azure Data Box and Data Box Disk?
Are you looking to move large amounts of data into Azure? How does doing it for free sound and with an easier process? Today I’m here to tell you how to do just that with the Azure Data Box. Picture…
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What is Azure Virtual WAN?
In today’s post I’d like to talk about site to site networking service. Azure already has a site to site VPN service, but the Azure Virtual WAN is a newer service currently in Preview. This networking service is optimized for…
Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog in Azure
If you’re like many Azure customers, you’ve been on the look out for a data catalog and data lineage tool and want one with all the key capabilities you’re looking for. Today, I’d like to tell you more about the…
Simplified Managed Disk Migration in Azure
Simplified Managed Disk Migration in Azure In the past, migrating managed disks could be a bit of a challenge. Today I’d like to talk about how Azure has simplified the process. Microsoft recently added the ability to migrate the disks…
What is Azure Application Insights?
Monitoring your website performance is key to gaining insight into your customers and users, as well as keeping an eye on the website’s performance. In today’s post I’d like to tell you about what is Azure Application Insights. Application Insights…
Azure SQL Database Reserved Capacity
Last week I posted about the Azure Reserve VM Instance where you could save some money in Azure. Another similar way to save is with Azure SQL Database Reserved Capacity. With this you can save 33% compared to license included…
New Options for SQL 2008 End of Support
If you’re using SQL 2008 or 2008R2, you need to be aware that the extended support for those ends on July 9, 2019. This means the end of regular security updates which leads to more vulnerabilities, and the software won’t…
Replicate Data Into Azure Database for MySQL
In today’s post I’ll talk about replicating data in Azure Database for MySQL. Data in replication allows you to synchronize data from MySQL Server running on prem, virtual machines or database services hosted by other cloud providers into the Azure…
Overview of Azure Reserve VM Instances
We’re all looking for ways to save money within our Azure subscriptions and resources. How does a savings of up to 72% sound? Today I’d like to give you an Overview of Azure Reserve Virtual Machine Instances, a payment option…
Overview of Azure Elastic Database Jobs Service
Today I’ll give an overview of Microsoft’s newly released (in preview) Elastic Database Jobs service. This is considered as a fully hosted Azure service, whereas the previous iteration was a custom hosted and managed version available on SQL DB and…