Category Archives: Cloud

  1. Copying an Azure SQL database between two Azure SQL Instances in two different subscriptions.

    3

    July 14, 2025 by Kenneth Fisher

    I recently had to copy an Azure SQL database (SQL db) from one subscription to an Azure SQL Server instance …
    Continue reading

  2. What’s in a SQL Server Managed Instance?

    Leave a comment

    August 3, 2023 by Kenneth Fisher

    My current position involves a lot of work with SQL Server Managed Instances so you’ll probably be hearing a lot …
    Continue reading

  3. SQL Agent job history on a Managed Instance

    4

    July 25, 2023 by Kenneth Fisher

    The defaults for saving SQL Agent Job history are ok (at best), so you should probably check and update them …
    Continue reading

  4. #PowershellBasics: Warnings and how to hide them.

    1

    December 8, 2022 by Kenneth Fisher

    One of my favorite parts of having a new job is that I learn a ton. (No really, my brain …
    Continue reading

  5. Getting a list of the articles in a publication.

    5

    May 17, 2022 by Kenneth Fisher

    The other day I was asked to supply a list of all of the tables being replicated into a given …
    Continue reading

  6. My journey with hybrid technologies. Where it started, how it’s going, and where it ends. : T-SQL Tuesday #139

    Leave a comment

    June 8, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher

    One of my favorite people is hosting TSQL Tuesday this month. Ben Weissman (blog|twitter). He wants us to talk about …
    Continue reading

  7. Adding a user to an Azure SQL DB

    1

    November 5, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher

    Creating a user is simple right? Yes and no. First of all, at least in SSMS it appears you don’t …
    Continue reading

  8. SQL Virtual Machines

    Leave a comment

    October 22, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher

    I was recently watching the first session of the Azure SQL Bootcamp by Anna Hoffman (twitter) and Bob Ward (blog|twitter) …
    Continue reading

  9. Permissions script for Azure Synapse

    3

    October 15, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher

    I was recently asked to add on to my permissions stored procedures (sp_SrvPermissions, sp_DBPermissions and sp_AzSQLDBPermissions) and create one for …
    Continue reading

  10. Azure SQL Database Query Editor

    3

    June 24, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher

    I was working on a couple of Azure databases the other day. One was an Azure SQL DB and the …
    Continue reading

Join 3,975 other subscribers

Follow me on Twitter