Author: Esat Erkeç

Esat Erkec is an SQL Server professional that began his career as a Software Developer over 8 years ago. He is an SQL Server Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert. Most of his career has focused on SQL Server Database Administration and Development. His current interests are in database administration and Business Intelligence.

Main concept of SQL Server locking

Database administration, Security

In this post, we will discuss the SQL Server lock mechanism and how to monitor SQL Server locking...
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Migrating SQL Server Database to Azure SQL (PaaS)

Azure, Cloud

In this article, we will highlight SQL Server Data migration to Azure SQL (PaaS).  You can find different approaches for this...
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Choosing Azure SQL Purchase Model and Service Tier

Azure, Cloud

When we are beginning to think of migrating our on-premises databases to Azure SQL, we have to decide on a proper purchase model, a service...
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Configuring Azure SQL Long-term Backup Retention

Azure, Cloud

Backup is the most important case for database administration because it provides business...
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How to Handle Errors in SQL Server Nested Transactions

Database administration, Troubleshooting Issues

In this article, we will explore SQL Server Nested Transactions, a transaction block with one or several transactions. The image describes...
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Azure SQL Geo-Replication and Failover Groups

Azure, Cloud

Azure SQL offers different types of business continuity solutions. One of these solutions is Geo-Replication that provides an asynchronous...
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SQL Server Database Scoped Configurations and Automatic Plan Correction

Automation, Database administration, Performance Tuning

In this article, we will examine Database Scoped Configurations and SQL Server 2017 Automatic Plan...
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Monitoring Azure SQL Database with Azure SQL Analytics

Azure, Cloud

The most important and challenging responsibility of a database administrator is monitoring performance metrics. Because monitoring...
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Azure SQL Database Automatic Tuning

Automation, Database administration, Performance Tuning

Microsoft has recently announced an incredible new feature – automatic tuning in Azure SQL Database. To be honest, I am thoroughly...
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SQL Server Table Partitioning and Partitions Tutorial

Database development, Tables

Problem In this article, we will focus on the demonstration of table partitioning. The simplest...
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