This is the starting point of a series of blogs regarding Azure SQL DB performance. This blog contains the setup and links to all the different database SKU's I've tested so you won't have to scroll endlessly to the part that is of interest to you. I hope you'll find this useful! Click here for … Continue reading Azure SQL Database Performance comparison part 0 of 9: setup
Last saturday I was speaking in Göteborg at the local data saturday, hosted by Mikael Wedham (T | B). The day before a speaker dinner was organised at an island with a very nice restaurant. After a boat ride of about an hour (where we picked up some late arrivals along the way) we got … Continue reading Speaking experiences at Data Saturday Göteborg
In a few weeks, I'll be speaking in Gothenburg at the Data Saturday event. I've driven past Gothenburg earlier this year on my way to Hamar but didn't get the chance to stop there (other than a traffic jam ;)). As a long-time Volvo and Stiga driver, it's nice to visit the home country of … Continue reading Speaking at Data Saturday Gothenburg
This month, Kevin Kline (T | B) invites us to write about the conference that changed everything for me. I'm going to cheat a little bit and mention a number of conferences because together they shaped my working persona and my person as well. SQL Saturday, Utrecht This is the first conference, hosted by André … Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday 153: The Conference That Changed Everything For Me
For a few weeks I'm facing an issue where an application on an Azure VM has a slow network connection to an Azure SQL database. I've tried different tiers and SKU's but the speed is just not there. When the application is running, it can push about 250 to 500 kb/s to the database. As … Continue reading Increase network performance between your VM and Azure SQL Database
My experience learning and taking the Microsoft AZ-305 exam.
Next week (Thursday 4th of august 2022) I've been invited to speak at the Microsoft data platform group Birmingham. This is a very active user group that hosts monthly sessions on the data platform, and this month I'm honoured to talk about monitoring Azure SQL with Zabbix. In this session I'll walk you through monitoring, … Continue reading Speaking at Microsoft Data Platform Group – Birmingham
I'm honoured to be chosen to speak at the enormous Pass Data Summit. I'll doing a virtual session but will leave plenty of time in and after the session for Q&A. The schedule isn't finished yet so I've got no idea what other sessions will be taking place in my timeslot, but seeing some mentions … Continue reading Speaking at Pass Data Summit
I'm honoured to tell you that I'll be speaking in Oslo this year! I've seen this wonderful city on TV and travelled past it on my way to Hamar for a number of speedskating events. This will be the first time I'll get to visit the city itself. The agenda is brimming with excellent sessions … Continue reading Speaking at Data Saturday Oslo
Now that's a title! Here's the problem I've ran into. Setup Customer has an Azure environment with an Azure SQL Server database that can be reached through a private endpoint. There's a VPN in place to connect on-premises networks with the Azure VNet and the private endpoint is in one of the subnets, the VPN … Continue reading Connect your on-premises SSMS to Azure SQL DB over a VPN
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