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SQL Server 2019 – General Release

14th November 2019
Leah Monterroso
Blog, Data Management, Infographic, SQL Server

Microsoft announced the general release of SQL Server 2019 at Microsoft Ignite. This is the answer to the demands exerted by massive data and expectations of real-time query performance across a variety of data sources. A data platform for modern enterprises and modern expectations.

End of Support for Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 – The Challenges, Opportunities and Advantages of Modernization

25th October 2019
Leah Monterroso
Application Modernisation, Azure Development Platform, Blog, Data Management, Infographic, SQL Server

Support has already ended for Windows Server 2008 and end of support for SQL Server 2008 is fast approaching. Discover the challenges, opportunities and advantages of modernization with migration to the Azure cloud.

5 Reasons Your Organisation Should Move to the Cloud

22nd October 2019
Leah Monterroso
Azure Development Platform, Blog, Cloud Migration, Infographic

What you should know about moving your organisation to the cloud and the benefits of making the switch. The cloud is setting the pace when it comes to innovation.

7 Twitter Accounts to Follow for Azure Development

There is an abundance of Azure development information to be found on Twitter and to get the most from the platform it helps to know where to go. To narrow it down, we are highlighting here what we consider some key accounts to follow.

Azure SQL Database DTU Versus vCore

Using a DTU (Database Transaction Unit) based model was always the way to size and configure an Azure SQL Database, that was until recently where Microsoft developed a vCore based model to size cloud-based databases. This article will compare at a high level these very different options and why you would select one model over the other.

5 Still Common Myths About Moving to the Cloud Debunked

4th July 2018
BC Comms Team
Azure Development Platform, Blog, Cloud Migration

In April 2018, Gartner Inc., the world's leading research and advisory company, released a statement that the public cloud services market is projected to grow 21.4 percent worldwide in 2018 to total $186.4 billion, up from $153.5 billion in 2017. Yet there…

What Are My Options for Moving Files to the Microsoft Cloud?

9th April 2018
BC Technical Team
Azure Development Platform, Blog, Cloud Migration, Data Management, SharePoint Server

Plenty of organisations have now taken the plunge and moved their files from fileshares running from servers on-premises to the Microsoft Cloud, often to SharePoint and OneDrive. However, there are more options than just SharePoint and you should consider the…

SQL Server Backup to URL

24th March 2018
Arun Sirpal
Azure Development Platform, Blog, Data Management, SQL Server

There are strong synergistic benefits between SQL Server and Azure storage and this fact has led Microsoft to give us many techniques which allow us to create a local SQL Server backup database to Azure storage. There are two main…

Azure SQL Database Versus SQL Server, from the DBA Perspective

2nd February 2018
Arun Sirpal
Azure Development Platform, Blog, Data Management

Azure SQL Database is Microsoft’s fully managed cloud relational database service in Microsoft Azure. It shares the same code base as traditional SQL Servers but with Microsoft’s Cloud first strategy the newest features of SQL Server are actually released to…