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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.

SQL on Linux: Creating, Backing up & Restoring a Database

Essential steps outlined to create, back up and restore a database for SQL on Linux.

SQL on Linux: Connecting to and Querying SQL on Linux

SQL Server expert JP Chen maps out the steps to cover connecting and querying SSMS and Azure Data Studio.

Get Ready for SQL Server 2008 End of Support

Protect your data by planning your migration or upgrade from SQL Server 2008 before July of 2019.

Migrating Databases Over to Azure SQL Database

How do you migrate on-premise SQL Server to Azure SQL Database server? In this blog, we will quickly explore two of the most popular migration options.

Get Started with Microsoft Azure SQL Database

An overview of Microsoft Azure SQL Database and how to get started on a free trial.

How to Check the Recent Restore Details

You need to create a report to show the restore details such as restore option, recovery options, restore start time, source file, and where the file was restored.

How to Rename a Database and its Logical and Physical Files

In this blog, we will explore the required steps to query the existing logical and physical file name, rename a database, rename the logical file names, and rename the physical file names.

How to Restore Your Backups from Striped Backup Files

In this blog, we will look into how we can generate the TSQL restore scripts automatically and then execute them to perform the restores.