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Azure VMs Constrained CPU - Hidden in plain sight, can you reduce your SQL License bill?

Ah, SQL, CPUs and licenses... you've got to love it. Our SQL servers have specific loads, patterns and resource requirements. We've...

Nov 7, 20248 min read

Monitoring can be expensive...really expensive. And while there are open source options available (shameless self promotion here for a...

Oct 7, 20244 min read

Ah, the elderly parent, the old warhorse SQL Server Reporting Services, and the young(ish) upstart Power BI and its On Premises Data...

Sep 16, 20244 min read

This is part 3 in the SQL Always Encrypted mini series... Unfortunately, the gotchas continue, as it isn't straight forward when using...

Sep 4, 20246 min read

In this episode, we're going to look into how we can read that Always Encrypted data (On Prem, with the Key secured by Azure Key Vault),...