Sometimes you come across SQL Server backup files stored on your file system and it is hard to determine what is in the file. From the filename you may be able to decipher that it is a full backup, differential backup or transaction log backup, but how do you really tell what is in ...
Restoring a database backup will ensure that in case of a disaster, the restore process will be successful with no errors or problems in general. The SQL Server backup and restore process requires constant testing of backed up files to provide reliable disaster recovery plan. If the backups ar...
Object storage integration SQL Server 2022 (16.x) introduces new object storage integration to the data platform, enabling you to integrate SQL Server with S3-compatible object storage, in addition to Azure Storage. The first is backup to URL and the second is Data Lake Virtualization.Data Lake...
Across our suite, we have released all sorts of new capabilities that I cannot wait for you to try out (if you haven’t already). The best way to stay up to date is with the release notes. Not including all of them, but a few to get you started. Find us on GitHub, social media...
The modified_extent_page_count column in sys.dm_db_file_space_usage tracks differential changes in each database file, enabling smart backup solutions that perform differential backup or full backup based on percentage of changed pages in the database. (CTP 2.0) SELECT INTO T-SQL syntax now ...
The modified_extent_page_count column in sys.dm_db_file_space_usage tracks differential changes in each database file, enabling smart backup solutions that perform differential backup or full backup based on percentage of changed pages in the database. (CTP 2.0) SELECT INTO T-SQL syntax now ...
A read-scale availability group is a group of databases that are copied to other instances of SQL Server for read-only workload. An availability group supports one set of primary databases and one to eight sets of corresponding secondary databases. Secondary databases ...
SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services GA (Generally Available) Tabular model compatibility level This release introduces the 1500 compatibility level for tabular models. Query interleaving Query interleaving is a tabular mode system configuration that can improve user query response times in high-concurrency sc...
A read-scale availability group is a group of databases that are copied to other instances of SQL Server for read-only workload. An availability group supports one set of primary databases and one to eight sets of corresponding secondary databases. Secondary databases aren't backups. Continue ...
SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services GA (Generally Available) Tabular model compatibility level This release introduces the 1500 compatibility level for tabular models. Query interleaving Query interleaving is a tabular mode system configuration that can improve user query response times in high-concurrency sc...