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Pie in the Sky (July 19, 2013)
Another busy week is over. I didn't get out to many sites this week as I had some projects that took a lot of time. But I did manage to find a few interesting links for your Friday afternoon...
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Architectural Overview of SQL Server 2014’s In-Memory OLTP Technology
At the SQL PASS conference last November, we announced the In-memory OLTP database technology (code-named “Hekaton”) for a future SQL Server release. Microsoft’s technical fellow Dave Campbell’s blog...
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CSV Guest Post Series: KGroup Launches Qoob Content Management into the Cloud...
Editor’s note:Today’s post, written by Jody Donetti, Chief Software Architect and Head of R&D at KGroup, and Simone Procopio, Technical Director at KGroup, describes how the company uses Windows...
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Premium Preview for Windows Azure SQL Database Now Live!
On July 8, 2013, at the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Houston, Texas, Satya Nadella, Server and Tools President announced a new Premium service for Windows Azure SQL Database that delivers more...
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Cross-Post: Windows Azure July Updates: SQL Database, Traffic Manager,...
This morning we released some great updates to Windows Azure. These new enhancements include:SQL Databases: Support for Automated SQL Export and a New Premium Tier SQL Database optionTraffic Manager:...
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Buffer Pool Extension to SSDs in SQL Server 2014
How many of you have been looking into ways of cost effectively improving the performance of your OLTP workloads, without having to buy new more expensive hardware? Most of you know already that memory...
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Conor vs. Premium Edition in Windows Azure SQL Database (aka SQL Azure)
FYI, I helped write a white paper that got released this week. It relates to a new edition of WA SQL Database that was released this week called the “Premium Edition”. The primary benefit of the...
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Using the new client hooks in WCF Data Services Client
What are the Request and Response Pipeline configurations in WCF Data Services Client?In WCF Data Services 5.4 we added a new pattern to allow developers to hook into the client request and response...
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Pie in the Sky (July 26th, 2012)
Happy almost-forgot-to-post Friday! Here's a list of links for your weekend reading:CloudA comparative analysis of 5 large cloud IaaS providers: Comparisions of IaaS performance.MobilePhoneGap 3.0...
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SWAP space in Windows Azure Virtual Machines running pre-built Linux Images –...
This article was written by Piyush Ranjan (MSFT) from the Azure CAT team.With the recent general availability of Infrastructure Services (Virtual Machines and Virtual Network) on Windows Azure, many...
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SQL Server Data-Tier Application Framework (July 2013) Available
What’s new?This update to the Data-Tier Application Framework (DACFx) addresses a high-priority customer reported issue causing potential corruption of DAC package artifacts, including pre- and...
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SQL Server 2014 In-Memory OLTP – bwin Migration and Production Experience
As part of our SQL Server 2014 In-Memory OLTP blog series we asked early adopter RickKutschera from bwin.party, to blog about his solution experience with SQL Server 2014 In-Memory OLTP. Read on below...
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How to backup and restore a Windows system disk in a Windows Azure Virtual...
Backup and Restore is critical to operate real world systems. For Windows Server in a Windows Azure Virtual Machine environment, you can choose a number of different tools or use a combination of these...
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Hardware Considerations for In-Memory OLTP in SQL Server 2014
In-Memory OLTP uses memory and disk in different ways than traditional disk-based tables. The performance improvement you will see with In-Memory OLTP depends the hardware you use. In this blog post...
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Using Microsoft SQL Server security features in Windows Azure Virtual Machines
Editor's Note: This post comes from Sung Hsueh, Senior Program Manager in SQL Server Team. One of the newest ways of using SQL Server is by leveraging Microsoft’s Windows Azure Infrastructure Services...
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Windows Azure Community News Roundup (Edition #71)
Welcome to the newest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure.Here is what we pulled together for the past...
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Handling error in SSIS DQS Domain Value Import
In the previous blog article, I described how to use SSIS DQS Domain Value Import. An error may occur during the execution of the project due to problems with the data. There are several available...
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Automating DQS Domain Value Import
There are times when you may want to update a DQS Knowledge Base through an automated process. For example, you add new products in your ERP system and you would like to make sure the new product names...
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Configuring SSIS DQS Domain Value Import
In the previous blog article, I described how to use the free SSIS DQS Domain Value Import from OH22 data to automate importing values into a DQS Knowledge Base domain. In this article, I will go over...
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Availability Group Listener in Windows Azure Now Supported! (And Scripts for...
If you haven't noticed, AlwaysOn Availability Groups in Windows Azure now supports availability group (AG) listeners. Configuring the AG listener in Windows Azure is a multi-step process that...
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