Troubleshooting Intermittent Query Failures on Azure SQL DB Read Replicas (Error 3947) | Microsoft Community Hub Recently, I worked on an interesting customer case involving intermittent query failures while fetching reporting data from a read replica. The customer was...

Troubleshooting Intermittent Query Failures on #AzureSQLDatabase Read Replicas Error 3947 by Anasuah Chakraborty techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

GA of update policy SQL Server 2025 for Azure SQL Managed Instance | Microsoft Community Hub We’re happy to announce that the update policy SQL Server 2025 for Azure SQL Managed Instance is now generally available (GA). SQL Server...

GA of update policy SQL Server 2025 for #AzureSQLDatabase #ManagedInstance by Mladen Andzic #BlobStorage techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql...

Managed Identity Support for Azure SQL Database Import & Export services (preview) | Microsoft Community Hub Today we’re announcing a public preview that lets Azure SQL Database Import & Export services authenticate...

Managed Identity Support for #AzureSQLDatabase Import & Export services (preview) by Hugo Queiroz techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql...

DORA exit planning for Azure SQL Database: a practical, “general guidance” blueprint | Microsoft Community Hub Why this matters: Under the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), many financial entities are strengthening requirements around ICT risk management,...

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Cannot enable Change Data Capture (CDC) on Azure SQL Database: Msg 22830 + Error 40529 (SUSER_SNAME) | Microsoft Community Hub Issue While enabling CDC at the database level on Azure SQL Database using: EXEC sys.sp_cdc_enable_db; GO the operation fails. Error The customer observed...

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How to Migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL Database Learn how to migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL Database using Azure DMS and SqlPackage, covering assessment with Azure Arc, schema migration, data movement, and post-migration validation.

How to Migrate SQL Server to #AzureSQLDatabase by Adam Bertram #AzureArc #Azure adamtheautomator.com/migrate-sql-...

Troubleshooting Change Tracking cleanup growth and orphaned rows in Azure SQL Database | Microsoft Community Hub Applies to: Azure SQL DatabaseScenario: Change Tracking (CT) side tables grow unexpectedly, and “orphaned” rows appear after switching between auto-cleanup...

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Renaming an Azure SQL DB encrypted with DB level-CMK can render it Inaccessible | Microsoft Community Hub Issue An issue was brought to our attention recently by a customer where we noticed that the cx DB was Inaccessible. On further investigation, it was...

Renaming an #AzureSQLDatabase encrypted with DB level-CMK can render it Inaccessible by Tanayankar Chakraborty techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Offline vs. Immutable Backups for Azure SQL Database (General Guidance) | Microsoft Community Hub Security and compliance teams often ask for “offline backups” and “immutable backups” as part of ransomware resilience, audit readiness, and recovery...

Offline vs. Immutable Backups for #AzureSQLDatabase General Guidance by Mohamed Baioumy techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Designing HADR on Azure and how AI can help DREAMER, CRAFTER, TECHNOLOGY ENTHUSIAST, SPEAKER, TRAINER, AZURE MVP, CLOUD, AZURE, AWS, GCP

Designing HADR on Azure and how AI can help by Radu Vunvulea #AzureSiteRecovery #AzureSQLDatabase #AzureSQLDatabase #ManagedInstance #Azure vunvulearadu.blogspot.com/2026/02/desi...

Azure SQL’s Native JSON Type: Optimized for Performance | Microsoft Community Hub Introduction JSON has become the de-facto format for modern applications from web APIs to microservices and event-driven systems. Azure SQL has supported...

Azure SQLs Native JSON Type: Optimized for Performance by Shrusti Kolsur #AzureSQLDatabase techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/moderniza...

Choosing the right “SQL flavour” on Azure by Radu Vunvulea #AzureSQLDatabase #AzureVirtualMachine #AzureVirtualMachine vunvulearadu.blogspot.com/2026/02/choo...

Mirrored Azure SQL Database Not Replicating: Running but No Data | Microsoft Community Hub A common scenario when using Mirroring in Fabric for Azure SQL Database is when everything appears healthy, yet no data is actually replicated. In this...

Mirrored #AzureSQLDatabase Not Replicating - Running but No Data by Santhosh Reddy techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Unable to configure Audit settings for Azure SQL. | Microsoft Community Hub While configuring Auditing settings for Azure SQL, the deployment may fail and following error is encountered:   Failed to save Auditing settings for...

Unable to configure Audit settings for Azure SQL. by Ashriti Jamwal #AzureSQLDatabase #PowerShell techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Multiple secondaries for failover groups is now in public preview | Microsoft Community Hub Failover groups for Azure SQL Database is a business continuity solution that lets you manage the replication and failover of databases to another Azure SQL...

Multiple secondaries for failover groups is now in public preview by M. Hyon #AzureSQLDatabase #AzurePortal techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql...

Multiple secondaries for Azure SQL Database failover groups (Public Preview) | Microsoft Community Hub Azure SQL Database failover groups are a business continuity capability that helps you manage geo-replication and coordinated failover of one or more...

Multiple secondaries for #AzureSQLDatabase failover groups (Public Preview) by Mohamed Baioumy techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Wireshark walkthrough: observing an Azure SQL Database TDS connection on the wire | Microsoft Community Hub One of the most effective ways to truly understand how Azure SQL Database connectivity works is to observe the connection at the packet level. A short...

Observing an #AzureSQLDatabase TDS connection on the wire by Mohamed Baioumy #AzureAD #Azure techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Azure SQL Database and the TDS protocol: how it works (networking + protocol deep dive) | Microsoft Community Hub If you’ve ever opened a packet capture for an Azure SQL Database connection, you’ve seen a very “SQL-shaped” conversation riding on top of TCP: Tabular...

#AzureSQLDatabase and the TDS protocol: how it works networking + protocol deep dive by Mohamed Baioumy techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Handling Duplicate Metadata Errors When Re‑Enabling Mirroring in Azure SQL Database | Microsoft Community Hub In some environments, users follow a weekly workflow where they drop a table and later re-enable mirroring for that table. While this works most of the time,...

Handling Duplicate Metadata Errors When ReEnabling Mirroring in #AzureSQLDatabase by Santhosh Reddy techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Enable auditing to identify Change Tracking history table drops using Extended Events (Azure SQL Db) | Microsoft Community Hub When Change Tracking is enabled, the system-maintained history table dbo.MSChange_tracking_history is a key place to look for cleanup progress and...

Enable auditing to identify Change Tracking history table drops using Extended Events #AzureSQLDatabase by Mohamed Baioumy techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Handling Duplicate Metadata Errors When Re‑Enabling Mirroring in Azure SQL Database | Microsoft Community Hub In some environments, users follow a weekly workflow where they drop a table and later re-enable mirroring for that table. While this works most of the time,...

Handling Duplicate Metadata Errors When ReEnabling Mirroring in #AzureSQLDatabase by Santhosh Reddy techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Understanding USE HINT('FORCE_LEGACY_CARDINALITY_ESTIMATION') in Azure SQL DB | Microsoft Community Hub Query performance tuning is one of the most critical aspects of maintaining stable and predictable workloads in Azure SQL Database. While Microsoft...

Understanding USE HINT('FORCE_LEGACY_CARDINALITY_ESTIMATION') in #AzureSQLDatabase by Mohamed Baioumy techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Azure Database Security Newsletter - January 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub Happy New Year and welcome to our first newsletter of 2026! This year, we’re doubling down on something that matters to every one of us: keeping data safe...

Azure Database Security Newsletter - January 2026 by Pieter Vanhove #AzureKeyVault #AzureSQLDatabase techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infr...

When and How to Update Statistics in Azure SQL Database | Microsoft Community Hub Accurate statistics are a cornerstone of good query performance in Azure SQL Database. While the platform automatically manages statistics in most scenarios,...

When and How to Update Statistics in #AzureSQLDatabase by Mohamed Baioumy #Azure techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Real‑World Cloud & Azure SQL Database Examples Using Kepner‑Tregoe | Microsoft Community Hub The Kepner‑Tregoe (KT) methodology is especially effective in modern cloud environments like Azure SQL Database, where incidents are often multi‑dimensional,...

RealWorld Cloud & #AzureSQLDatabase Examples Using KepnerTregoe by Mohamed Baioumy #Azure techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Geo‑Replication Redo Lag in Azure SQL Database | Microsoft Community Hub Monitoring and Troubleshooting Using Public DMVs Azure SQL Database provides built‑in high availability and geo‑replication capabilities to ensure database...

GeoReplication Redo Lag in #AzureSQLDatabase by Mohamed Baioumy #Azure techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Azure SQL Database High Availability: Architecture, Design, and Built‑in Resilience | Microsoft Community Hub High availability (HA) is a core pillar of Azure SQL Database. Unlike traditional SQL Server deployments—where availability architectures must be...

#AzureSQLDatabase High Availability: Architecture, Design, and Builtin Resilience by Mohamed Baioumy techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Azure SQL Database Data Sync Retirement: Migration Scenarios and Recommended Alternatives | Microsoft Community Hub Azure SQL Database Data Sync has long been used to keep data consistent across multiple Azure SQL databases. However, as the service moves toward retirement,...

#AzureSQLDatabase Data Sync Retirement: Migration Scenarios and Recommended Alternatives by Mohamed Baioumy techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Azure SQL Database Data Sync Retirement: Migration Scenarios and Recommended Alternatives | Microsoft Community Hub Why Azure SQL Data Sync Retirement Matters Azure SQL Data Sync relies on: Triggers Metadata tables Hub-and-spoke topology While functional, this...

#AzureSQLDatabase Data Sync Retirement by Mohamed Baioumy #AzureDataFactory techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...

Azure SQL Database Sharding: How It Works, Why It Matters, and How to Distribute Data Across Shards | Microsoft Community Hub As applications grow, their data stores often become bottlenecks—queries slow down, storage limits are reached, and performance degrades under heavy...

#AzureSQLDatabase Sharding: How It Works, Why It Matters, and How to Distribute Data Across Shards by Mohamed Baioumy techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-dat...