--- title: The Coeo Blog | Christian Bolton description: I am the Technical Director of Coeo, a co-founder, and look after the operations of the business including service delivery. I am a Microsoft Certified Architect, Microsoft Certified Master, former MVP and a technical author with a passion for Azure and its potential to transform businesses. I live in the Oxfordshire countryside with my wife and two children and am a part-time law student with The University of Law. --- [![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/themes/coeo/images/logo.svg)](https://www.coeo.com/) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | [info@coeo.com](mailto:info@coeo.com) | [Client portal login](https://my.coeo.com) # The Coeo Blog ## Christian Bolton ![](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/ChristianCircle.jpg) I am the Technical Director of Coeo, a co-founder, and look after the operations of the business including service delivery. I am a Microsoft Certified Architect, Microsoft Certified Master, former MVP and a technical author with a passion for Azure and its potential to transform businesses. I live in the Oxfordshire countryside with my wife and two children and am a part-time law student with The University of Law. Find me on: ### Recent Posts ## [Certify your application for database compatibility mode, not SQL Server version](https://blog.coeo.com/certify-your-application-for-database-compatibility-mode-not-sql-server-version) A common problem with data platform modernisation is gaining application vendor support for newer SQL Server versions, but that has been made easier since Microsoft’s change in position on the long-term use of database compatibility mode announced in 2018. [![Christian Bolton](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/ChristianCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/certify-your-application-for-database-compatibility-mode-not-sql-server-version) [Christian Bolton](https://blog.coeo.com/author/christian-bolton) | February 06 , 2019 ## [Why you don’t need a Remote DBA service](https://blog.coeo.com/why-you-dont-need-a-remote-dba-service) 1. **You’re great at hiring and retaining DBAs to support your business** [![Christian Bolton](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/ChristianCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/why-you-dont-need-a-remote-dba-service) [Christian Bolton](https://blog.coeo.com/author/christian-bolton) | January 05 , 2018 ## [Using an Azure cloud witness in your failover cluster](https://blog.coeo.com/christianbolton/2017/05/09/using-an-azure-cloud-witness-in-your-failover-cluster) I’ve [blogged previously](https://blog.coeo.com/christianbolton/2017/05/05/why-you-should-always-configure-a-quorum-witness-on-a-failover-cluster/) about the need to configure a quorum witness on failover clusters and now with **Windows Server 2016** there’s a great new quorum option – **a cloud witness.** [![Christian Bolton](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/ChristianCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/christianbolton/2017/05/09/using-an-azure-cloud-witness-in-your-failover-cluster) [Christian Bolton](https://blog.coeo.com/author/christian-bolton) | May 09 , 2017 ## [Why you should always configure a quorum witness on a failover cluster](https://blog.coeo.com/christianbolton/2017/05/05/why-you-should-always-configure-a-quorum-witness-on-a-failover-cluster) Since Window Server 2008, the role of what we used to call the “Quorum Disk” in a Failover Cluster has changed significantly and it’s now referred to as a “witness” because its only job is to help the nodes in the cluster decide who should be running the cluster resources in the event that they.. [![Christian Bolton](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/ChristianCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/christianbolton/2017/05/05/why-you-should-always-configure-a-quorum-witness-on-a-failover-cluster) [Christian Bolton](https://blog.coeo.com/author/christian-bolton) | May 05 , 2017 ## [Congratulations to Gavin Payne – Microsoft Certified Architect](https://blog.coeo.com/christianbolton/2012/11/20/congratulations-to-gavin-payne-microsoft-certified-architect-2) Huge congratulations to Gavin who became the 6th person in the WORLD outside Microsoft to qualify as a Microsoft Certified Architect in SQL Server today.Gavin Payne - Architect Extraordinaire [![Christian Bolton](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/ChristianCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/christianbolton/2012/11/20/congratulations-to-gavin-payne-microsoft-certified-architect-2) [Christian Bolton](https://blog.coeo.com/author/christian-bolton) | November 20 , 2012 ### Recent posts ### Categories - [SQL Server (118)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/sql-server) - [Azure (58)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure) - [Microsoft (49)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/microsoft) - [Dedicated Support (47)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/dedicated-support) - [Coeo News (43)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/coeo-news) - [Professional Development (34)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/professional-development) - [Industry News (27)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/industry-news) - [cyber security (27)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/cyber-security) - [power bi (25)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/power-bi) - [Opinion (21)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/opinion) - [Cloud (17)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/cloud) - [Business Intelligence (16)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/business-intelligence) - [analytics (15)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/analytics) - [Security (14)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/security) - [career (14)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/career) - [SQL Server updates (13)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/sql-server-updates) - [windows Updates (11)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/windows-updates) - [Azure Databricks (10)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure-databricks) - [data platform (10)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data-platform) - [Clustering (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/clustering) - [Finance (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/finance-news) - [podcast (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/podcast) - [azure sql database (8)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure-sql-database) - [data (8)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data) - [Data Science (7)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data-science) ### Popular posts ![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/logo-invert.png) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | info@coeo.com ## Contact Us By clicking submit below, you consent to allow Coeo to store and process the personal information submitted above to provide you the content requested. 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