TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 8) – Running your SQL Server Workloads on Azure Virtual Machines

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In part 8 of our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts and Silvano Coriani discuss the investments made to Azure VMs which improve SQL Server performance, scalability and reduce maintenance and management efforts. [2:52] What are the critical aspects of running SQL server in Azure VMs? [5:40] What are the main configuration options? [16:44] […]

In part 8 of our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts and Silvano Coriani discuss the investments made to Azure VMs which improve SQL Server performance, scalability and reduce maintenance and management efforts.

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[2:52] What are the critical aspects of running SQL server in Azure VMs?

[5:40] What are the main configuration options?

[16:44] Let’s discuss capacity planning and potential migration issues

[24:08] What are some tips for operating and maintaining SQL Server instances?

[28:32] How about performance best practices?

[30:48] What about High Availability and Disaster Recovery Configurations?

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Founder and Chief AI Officer of Just In Time AI, with an IT career that began in 1988 -- nearly four decades of experience. Over a decade of that career went into building ITProGuru into a 250,000-uniques/mo IT-community resource, and he now applies the same teach-first approach to AI systems that run real businesses. Full profile →