Entries by JohnSterrett

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Speaking at Microsoft Ignite 2017

We are proud to announce that John Sterrett will be speaking at Microsoft Ignite. This will be John’s first time speaking at the Microsoft Ignite conference. John will be talking about migrating existing databases over to Azure.  If you are going and passionate about your data, SQL Server, or just want some help solving your […]

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Does Automation Kill the DBA “Store”?

  In my opinion, automation will enhance DBAs.  It will allow DBAs to provide more value to the business.  Good DBAs will be fine.   If you are a DBA with ten years of DBA experience who just repeats year one ten times, this might be a different story for a different blog post.  Therefore, automation enhances […]

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Resources for Performance Tuning Article

The following are some resources that are included in John Sterrett’s Introduction to Performance Tuning with Azure SQL Databases Idera Geek Sync. Performance Root Cause Analysis Toolkit Calculate DTU on Your Own  Benchmark Azure SQL Database Wait Stats What Is Running Microsoft – Improved Automated Tuning SQL Database Advisor Azure SQL Database Features