by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | May 26, 2018 | Azure, Azure SQL Database, Networking, VNet
Reading Time: 4 minutesTo connect to a Virtual Network with VPN you need to create a virtual network gateway. There are several types of VPN you can deploy to Azure, these are Point-to-site(P2S), Site-to-Site(S2S), VNet-to-Vnet and Express Route circuit. In this post,... 
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | May 26, 2018 | Azure, Azure SQL Database
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSQL Managed instance is at Preview and after you accept the terms and send the mail, you will receive a confirmation email from Microsoft Managed Instance Team. Create Managed Instance So, if you are able to see the next image then your... 
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | May 26, 2018 | Azure, Azure SQL Database, Networking, VNet
Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the most important elements of Azure SQL Managed Instance is the Virtual Network. The following steps are required for VNet configuration for Managed Instances. Create a Virtual Network Create a Route Table, this will enable communication... 
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | May 25, 2018 | Azure, Azure SQL Database
Reading Time: 2 minutesAzure SQL database Managed Instance is a fully managed SQL Server instance hosted in Azure Cloud with full communication with the company’s LAN and provides most SQL Server 2017 features. Benefits SQL Database Managed Instance has plenty... 
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | May 24, 2018 | Azure, Security
Reading Time: 3 minutesMicrosoft Azure provides a way to manage cryptographic keys and application secrets in a way that it doesn’t expose them to applications. Let’s say that you have a web application and you access this application via a key stored in... 
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | May 21, 2018 | Azure, Azure SQL Database, SQL Server
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this post, you will read about the differences between index tuning in SQL Server (on-premises) and SQL Azure (cloud). But what is an index? Consider an index as a contents page. When comparing a SQL database index and a Contents page in a...
