A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, ...

Microsoft recently published updated guidance for running SQL Server on Azure virtual machines (VMs). I wanted to share some of the highlights of the documentation, combined with my experiences ...

In a recent benchmark, Microsoft claims that SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines can be up to 57% faster and cost up to 54% less than running a similar workload on AWS EC2. The study compares ...

If you are running SQL Server in an Azure VM, or are using Azure SQL Managed Instance, you can use the Agent but may have needs that are beyond its scope. Here's an example from one of our clients.

That's why "lifting and shifting" existing on-premises SQL Server environments to SQL Server on Azure Virtual machines is a simple, quick, and cost-effective path for companies that are concerned ...

as "Azure SQL," that will allow customers to manage both Azure SQL Database and SQL Server on Azure VM implementations in a single environment. Azure SQL will also provide access to auto-patching ...

The virtual machine images are available in ... and a specialized fencing agent for Azure. Finally, as on Windows, SQL Server running on these Linux VMs can take advantage of persistent memory ...

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