Introduction

When you practice and play with the Azure Storage, you spent money because you need to pay for the service. This obviously provides an incentive to discover a way to emulate the Azure Storage behavior.

In this article, we will use an emulator and learn how it works.

Database administrators have a lot of tasks and responsibilities but perhaps the most challenging task is performance tuning. Because performance tuning issues can cause huge problems in the business area, database administrators have to monitor performance metrics and have to get immediate, if not sooner, notifications when the performance values cross an optimal state. Generally, this notification comes by e-mail.

Most of the DBAs, Data Scientists, BI and Database developers are working on SQL Server on-premises. Is it time to migrate to the Cloud?

In this new article, we will talk about numbers, statistics, Azure technologies like Virtual Machines with SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Machine learning and other technologies.

Introduction

Azure Cosmos DB is a low-latency, high throughput, globally distributed, a multi-model database which can scale within minutes and offers 5 consistency options to let you decide how to deal with the CAP theorem.

Azure Cosmos DB used to be known as Document DB, but since additional features were added it has now morphed into Azure Cosmos DB. The name was chosen to spark the innovation and imagination of developers around the globe.

Introduction

The new SSMS 17.2 allows users to authenticate using Active Directory with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). This is a secure method for authentication where you have more than one method to validate your authentication. That way, you have a more secure authentication and prevent your Azure Portal or applications to be easily attacked by hackers or other malicious users.

Introduction

In the article How to create an Azure SQL Database using the Cloud Shell, we learned how to work with the Cloud Shell. In this new article, we will show how to automate Azure Active Directory tasks (AAD) using the Cloud Shell. We will work with loops, files and variables to automate tasks.

Introduction

By default, when someone creates an Azure SQL Server, an Administrator with SQL Authentication is created by default. However, for administrative purposes, it is a best practice to use Azure Active Directory.

Introduction

As we enter an era of artificial intelligence and serverless computing, the tools to help us create perceived intelligent programs have become so advanced and intuitive that the effort in building a fully functional Q and A chat bot has become almost negligible.

In this article, I will show you how to do just that.

Introduction

Cloud Shell is a new feature just released on May 2017. It is currently in beta.

The idea behind the Cloud Shell is to run Azure commands using the Azure Portal directly. In the past, it was necessary to install the Azure CLI on a local machine. You could install on a Windows, Linux or a Mac machine or you could use Docker. Now, you can use the Azure Portal.

There are several advantages to using Azure storage irrespective of type. Azure storage is easily scalable, extremely flexible and relatively low in cost depending on the options you choose.

Microsoft Azure SQL Database is a managed cloud database for programmers/developers to develop their products easier due to less involvement in maintenance allowing the customer to concentrate on their products, because, most of the data maintenance or infrastructure is taken care by the cloud service providers.