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Azure SQL TDE failures – Activity log Alerts to rescue

May 22, 2020 May 22, 2020 05/22/20

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The SQL Server connection to the Key Vault can be lost for various reasons of either the SQL Server (updates, backups etc..) or the Key Vault (Key expired, disabled etc.) Luckily Azure provides detailed logging and alerting through Azure Monitor Logs and Alerts.

PolyBase – How SQL Server does Big data!

February 12, 2018 Feb 12, 2018 02/12/18

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In this post, Senior App Dev Manager Nayan Patel introduces SQL Server PolyBase and shares some insights from a recent engagement using the technology.I was recently involved in helping my customer complete a successful PoC around SQL Server 2016’s PolyBase feature. They have invested a signification amount of budget and resources ...

Using Azure AD to authenticate public clients to SQL Azure

September 27, 2016 Sep 27, 2016 09/27/16

Monu Bambroo

In a recent post from his blog, Premier Developer Consultant Marius Rochon shows how to use Azure AD to authenticate public clients to SQL Azure. Azure AD enables access authorization to SQL Azure as an alternative to providing username/password information in the connection string: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles...

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