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SQL Server on Azure config best practice

Each Azure VM has a OS disk (C drive) and a temporary disk (D drive). Only store on the temporary disk temp data that doesn’t need to be retained as all data on this disk will be lost after server reboot. The best practice for SQL Server on Azure VM is to use Premium Disks pooled for increased IOPs and storage capacity. Data file should be on its own pool with read-caching on the Azure disk.

Posted by John Liu Sunday, November 7, 2021

Azure sign-in methods in PowerShell script

When using PowerShell script to run tasks in Azure environment, we need first to sign-in to Azure. There are several ways to sign-in to Azure in PowerShell script. 1. Interactive sign-in we can using either Connect-AzAccount or Login-AzAccount -Credential (Get-Credential) Login-AzAccount and Add-AzAccount are alias of Connect-AzAccount. With -Credential (Get-Credential) option, it let you interactively enter the credential on the cmd interface, otherwise, it popup a GUI to let you login.

Posted by John Liu Monday, November 1, 2021

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