A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have a firm understanding of the SQL Server database engine's system databases. Tim Chapman discusses these system databases.

SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part ...

A database server may be part of a file server that also houses applications and non-database files; however, the term generally implies a server that provides only database functions. See database .

You're now the owner of a shiny, new Azure SQL Database and, more importantly, the owner of an ARM template that allows you to create an additional database on a whim. About the Author Adam ...

To do it via PowerShell, you'll need your Azure SQL database server name. To get this, you can use the Get-AzureSqlDatabaseServer cmdlet. You can see here that I have a single server called ...

This realization can also be applied to the migration of SQL Server databases to the cloud. Since the new environment has different rules than on-premises, ... Consistent naming standards for objects ...

Alternatively, you can use T-SQL commands to verify your database status. You can use the DATABASEPROPERTYEX function to check the database status. The following example will show the database name ...

Nearly every customer of ours is running MariaDB databases in a mix of places, database-as-a-service in SkySQL, or on their own on cloud infrastructure or on-prem environments.” “We want to make it ...