azure

sp_BlitzCache: Eventual Compatibility With Azure

Last Updated November 16, 2017

Execution Plans, Microsoft Azure, sp_BlitzCache

Better than nothing Yesterday it was announced that global temp tables were available in public preview for Azure. That means that unmodified versions of sp_BlitzCache (which uses a global temp table to hold a whole bunch of information) will be compatible up there. This is a nice addition for Azure, and an even nicer addition…

Why I Love kCura RelativityOne Even Though I Don’t Use It

Last Updated February 9, 2017

Brent Ozar

kCura Relativity, SQL Server

At RelativityFest this week, kCura showed more details about how their upcoming software-as-a-service hosted in Microsoft Azure works. I really like where they’re going with it. Presenting at Relativity Fest 2016 I’ve blogged about Relativity before, especially about how it uses SQL Server, but here’s a quick recap: It hosts legal data (think lawsuits, cases,…

Satya Slips a SQL Server Standard Secret?

Last Updated February 4, 2014

Brent Ozar

SQL Server

Everybody wants to know the next SQL Server release date, pricing, and feature lists, but anybody who knows those facts is bound by non-disclosure agreement and can’t say it publicly. Every now and then, though, we get lucky and someone from Microsoft slips up. That’s why I pay particular attention to Microsoft interviews as we…

The Trouble with Keys

Last Updated September 25, 2012

Jeremiah Peschka

Architecture

Scaling up is hard: big hardware gets expensive fast. Scaling out is equally difficult; interesting design problems creep in to scale out solutions. One of the more troublesome issues architects face when scaling out is the issue of distributing identity. It’s often advantageous for object identity to be unique and portable across all database instances…