The team catches up with Daniel Taylor and Bradley Ball of the Azure Fast Track team and learns about how Database Watcher can help customers better manage and debug their Azure SQL, Elastic Pools, SQL Managed Instances, and Hyperscale and the replicas. 

Daniel and Bradley also share the really cool work they are doing helping Azure customers learn about Azure with their Tales from the Field YouTube channel, plus we hear about some upcoming events where you can see Daniel and Bradley in person!!!

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode500.mp3

YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z_jBWLUBY9g

Resources: 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database-watcher-overview?view=azuresql

https://youtu.be/qr1Qxwao68M?si=mO24KZF3PAvTnnmn

Other updates:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/Guest-OS-Family-Retirement

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/cmk-for-backup-vaults-ga/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/Azure-Elastic-SAN-Feature-Updates

Azure classic resource providers will be retired on 31 August 2024 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

• Multi-tenant versus Dedicated.
• What are the differences?
• Are there differences from on-premise SQL Server?
• Troubleshooting 
• Scale Out vs. Scale Up
• What about "other" database platforms

Media File: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode6.mp3

Links:

10 tools for Windows Azure

• Data Center Tour (long): http://cdn.globalfoundationservices.com/videos/Video_Data_Center_Long_Tour_8000k.wmv
• Data Center Tour (short): http://cdn.globalfoundationservices.com/videos/Video_Data_Center_Short_Tour_2000k.wmv
• Dublin Data Center Tour: http://cdn.globalfoundationservices.com/videos/Dublin%20Data%20Center%20Tour.wmv