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First published on MSDN on Nov 02, 2018
We have been seeing a trend in customer support cases with the following error
When attempting to backup a database in an Azure SQL Managed Instance to Azure Blob Storage you may run into… Continue reading “Cannot OPEN BACKUP device” error seen when backing up Azure SQL Managed Instance to Azure Blob Storage
First published on MSDN on Nov 02, 2018
I recently had a client approach me on an error that they persistently encountered when attempting to start an extended event session in the
Azure SQL Database
service. The SqlEx… Continue reading Extended Events: Azure Storage Account Types Matter
First published on MSDN on Nov 01, 2018
This tutorial assumes the Managed Instance is already created and that connections from the jumpbox also work.
If you have a Managed Instance and would like to connect directly fro… Continue reading How-to set up point-to-site peering with Azure SQL Managed Instance and self-signed certificates
First published on MSDN on Oct 30, 2018
How to create a native app registration
This guide assumes that you already own an Azure Subscription, an Azure Active Directory properly setup and your PowerShell environment … Continue reading How to create a native PowerShell app registration to connect to Azure SQL DB
First published on MSDN on Oct 26, 2018
How to connect to Azure SQL Database using token-based authentication in PowerShell native apps
This guide assumes you already have a deployment of an Azure SQL Database, your Pow… Continue reading Azure SQL Database Token-based authentication with PowerShell
First published on MSDN on Oct 26, 2018
How to connect with an existing VM to your Managed Instance Vnet
This guide assumes you already have a deployment of a Managed instance in your subscription
Prob… Continue reading Connect to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance with Virtual Network peering
Bringing geospatial insights to business solutions is certainly nothing new; mapping and spatial searching are core components of the Dynamics 365 for Field Service, and many ISV solutions are available to glean location-based insights to optimize operations in Dynamics. In this post, we will see how we can quickly and easily bring lightweight geospatial capabilities… Continue reading Lightweight Geospatial in Dynamics 365 for Phones
First published on MSDN on Oct 23, 2018
Sometimes a user is assigned permissions at Resource Group level or Resource level.
When using Long-Term Retention we have several advantages like each backup will be kept in the long-term s… Continue reading I cannot see the Long-Term Retention (LTR) backups