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Upgrading and Migrating End of Life SQL Server 2012 Databases on AWS

SQL Server 2012 is End of Life, it’s time to make decisions on how to address it. Learn 3 options for upgrading and migrating SQL Server databases on AWS.

What Responsibilities Do Your DBAs Hold After a Migration to Amazon RDS

DBAs are not rendered obsolete when you adopt a DBaaS solution. Instead, many of their responsibilities shift to strategic projects rather than in day-to-day duties.

Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows: Test the Virtual Lab

The final post tests the virtual lab by registering all the SQL Server instances and then running a multi-server query to query all SQL Server instances.

Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows: Configuring VMs for the SQL Servers

Blog post #7 in the series: Building a SQL Server Lab in Windows covers configuring VMs for the SQL Servers.

Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows: Create VMs for the SQL Servers

Blog post #6 in the series on building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows covers creating VMs for the SQL Servers.

Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows: Creating the Domain Controller (DC) VM

New blog series Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows takes on topic: Creating the Domain (DC) VM.

Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows: Installing Oracle VirtualBox

Blog post #4 in the series takes on the topic: Installing Oracle VM VirtualBox and Creating a Virtual Network.

Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows: Software & Hardware Requirements

Blog #3 in the series of Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows covers software and hardware requirements.

Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows: Virtual Network for the Virtual Lab

The second post in JP Chen’s blog series: Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows covers virtual network for the virtual lab.

Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows: Virtualization Concepts

New blog series by SQL Server expert JP Chen lays out how to build a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows. The first post takes on virtualization concepts.

SQL on Linux: Exploring the System Utilities on Linux

SQL Server expert JP Chen takes on the three popular tools to help explore the systems utilities on Linux: htop, glances and iostat.

SQL on Linux: Configuring SQL on Linux with the mssql-conf tool

SQL Server expert JP Chen walks users through the configuration of SQL on Linux with the mssql-conf tool.