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  • Azure SQL Database and Logical Server

    Microsoft calls the Azure SQL Database a managed cloud database; however, it does come attached to a server. In this case, one that’s called a “logical server”. Many of us database experts have worked extensively with servers, as that’s where our databases usually exist. But if we’re promised only a database, why does it come…

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    Mika Sutinen

  • Improving reliability and resiliency of SQL Server estates with Azure Chaos Studio

    Azure Chaos Studio is a fully managed, chaos testing service from Microsoft. And one of those services, I’ve been planning to test drive for a while now. It’s currently in preview, and as such, can be used for free. It has been around since November 2021, and to my understanding, is planned for GA early…

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    Mika Sutinen

  • Babelfish for PostgreSQL, what the heck is that?

    A short answer is: Babelfish is an extension for PostgreSQL, that allows your SQL Server applications to speak to PostgreSQL in their native language. The next question you probably have is: “Why would I ever want my applications to do that?” And it’s a valid question, to which the answer would be, to modernize your…

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    Mika Sutinen

  • Musings of the accidental (ex-)manager about leadership

    I recently noticed that it’s been awhile since I did a non-technical post, and I’ve been trying to think of a good topic for one. Luckily enough, an opportunity presented itself to write about a personally relevant topic, leadership. So, what makes it relevant for me? As of 1st of February 2023, I became an…

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    Mika Sutinen

  • Open-source vs. commercial database systems

    While SQL Server has been one of the cornerstones of my 25+ years career in IT, I’ve occasionally wandered out of my commercial databases comfort zone to the open-source database space (PostgreSQL and less frequently MySQL). These forays to the open-source database systems have definitely become more common as I started working with the public…

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    Mika Sutinen

  • Are we ready for database containers yet?

    Containers are a popular way to virtualize and package applications, but when it comes to database workloads, the adoption has definitely been much slower. The technology has been around for a long while (at least in the IT-industry or dog years), and I wondered if we’re ready to use it widespread for databases. And if…

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    Mika Sutinen

  • The Managed Instance that couldn’t be deleted

    I’ve written quite a few posts previously about creating Azure infrastructure, and it’s something that I do rather frequently. Typically, it’s to test the templates that I’ve created, after I’ve changed them somehow. While I fully expect my code to sometimes (often) fail, I usually don’t expect the removal of the Azure resources to fail.…

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    Mika Sutinen

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