Monthly Archives: July 2016

Microsoft Azure Training 44 – Azure SQL Database – Part 1 – Introduction (Exam 70-533)

This is the part 1 of the Azure SQL Database series. Azure SQL Database is a PaaS offering from Microsoft for Database as a service in Azure. This session is concepts heavy where I discuss various database options available from Azure. I discuss how Azure SQL can be created to rapidly work on databases. How the Azure SQL databases are resilient as soon as they are created. Further, I go over important concepts like Database Tiers which are important to gauge performance and pricing of the databases. In this session I also go over the complex concept of DTUs which are the units of performance in SQL Azure. As usual a Demo is provided at the end to bring it all together.

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Microsoft Azure Training 43 – Azure Recovery Services – Part 3 – Azure Backup Server (Exam 70-533)

This is the part 3 of the Azure Recovery Services series. In this session I introduce Azure backup server (MABS); a full blown backup solution similar to Microsoft System Center DPM to backup application workloads like SQL Databases, Exchange, SharePoint etc. In this session I go over the various advantages and disadvantages of using Azure backup server and all the necessary architectural gotchas. I mention in the session that how Azure Backup Server is like DPM but what the differences are. The demo contains installation of Azure Backup Server, configuration and deployment of the backup agents to application workload servers like MS SQL.

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