Events IT
Free MS certification exam opportunity at Ignite 2020
Ignite 2020 is a great opportunity for you to raise you skills, and to earn a free Microsoft certification exam. This free online event will start on 22/09/2020.
Azure DSC IaaS IT PowerShell
Using a PowerShell DSC extension to run a custom script on an Azure VM
Having the ability to deploy Azure VMs starting from images hosted in a gallery is lovely if you need to create a new virtual machine from scratch quickly. Unfortunately, you often need to customize them, and being able to do it during the deployment phase can save you a lot Read more…
Azure IaaS IT PowerShell SQL Server
A new era for SQL Server FCI on Azure VMs
Azure Shared Disks and Distrubuted Network Names are the game-changers for SQL Server Failover Clusters on Azure VMs. Let’s see how they work!
Azure IaaS IT PowerShell SQL Server
SQL Server High Availability Solutions on Azure VMs
Quickly and easily gain hands-on experience on SQL Server High Availability solutions with Azure VMs, by deploying my lab templates.
Azure IT PowerShell SQL Server
Executing CMDKEY via a PowerShell remote session
I faced some troubles in executing cmdkey.exe on a PowerShell remote session, while I was trying to automate the creation of a SQL Failover Cluster Instance on Azure VMs, using Azure Premium File Share (PFS) as shared storage. You need cmdkey.exe since you must persist Azure PFS access credentials on Read more…
Events IT PowerShell SQL Server
Upcoming webinar about SQL Server and PowerShell
I’m honored to contribute again to the PASS Global Italian Virtual Group, where I’ll deliver a webinar about “SQL Server and PowerShell: from Zero to Hero!” on 29/01 at 18:00 (UTC+1). In 60 minutes, we’ll see how to use PowerShell to assess, manage and migrate instances, thanks to SQL Server Read more…
Azure IaaS IT SQL Server
SQL Server on Azure IaaS: HA and cost savings
An overview of high availability scenarios for Azure IaaS SQL Server environments, with some hints about cost-saving techniques.
Azure IaaS IT SQL Server
SQL Server on Azure: Why an IaaS VM?
The use of SQL VM on Azure IaaS is often abused, with customer unhappy with their performance or their costs. This kind of implementation has its place in SQL on Azure offering: let’s see when you should use them, and how to size them efficiently.
Azure IT SQL Server
SQL Server on Azure: journey to the Cloud!
When you decide to migrate your SQL Server workloads on Azure, you must define which services will host them. In this first article of a series, I give an overview of different IaaS and PaaS approaches, and when you should use one instead of the other.
Azure IT ServerLess
Calling an Azure Function with Azure AD Authentication from a Logic App
In the context of serverless automation, Azure Functions are a great and enabling tool also for SysOps like me, at least since PowerShell support reached a reasonable maturity even while in preview. Since you’re probably using Azure Functions for administrative tasks, it’s essential to raise the level from the security Read more…