Category: Azure

According to Microsoft, Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud services to help your organisation meet business challenges. It’s the freedom to build, manage, and deploy applications on a massive, global network using various tools and frameworks.

From DevOps to business analytics to the Internet of Things, Azure is designed to have users up and running quickly with a scalable, cost-effective solution that works with your existing investments.

This cloud computing service is a big part of Microsoft’s business, and it competes with similar services from Amazon and Google.

Therefore, our Azure Category is full of handy tips, tricks and advise. Check out some of the Step by Step blogs or learn with our eBooks, How To videos and Webinars.

Migrate SQL Server Database to an Azure SQL Database
Migrate SQL Server Database to an Azure SQL Database
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You can use Azure Database Migration Service to migrate the databases from an on-premises SQL Server instance to Azure SQL Database. In this example, we will move the SQL Server 2008 database on on-premises Windows Server 2008 R2 to Azure SQL. As seen in the image below, there is a database called “DCOInsurance” on SQL… READ MORE

Use Azure to Store SQL Server Backups Offsite
Use Azure to Store SQL Server Backups Offsite
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You always think your environment is setup correctly and that you’re able to recover in case of a disaster. You make backups, test your backups, setup DR solutions and in the end test the DR plan (very important). But, is your SQL Server Backups usable? But have you ever considered a situation where all your… READ MORE

Working with Azure Monitor Rest API
Working with Azure Monitor Rest API
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It might be an edge case, or you are creating your own integration. But chances are, after fiddling around with Azure Monitor Rest API, you encounter a situation where you would have work with its API.Personally, I have numerous situations over the last years, that required me to integrate directly with Azure Management APIs In this… READ MORE