Microsoft’s recent announcement about a new format of Azure data centre in Germany suggests European organisations worry as much about the US Government accessing their data as they do hackers
SQL Server Data Files in Azure – Part 1 – Creating a database
One of the interesting new features of SQL Server 2014 was being able to place SQL Server database files directly in Azure blob containers. The purpose of this post is to walk you through setting up a database with its data and log files in Azure. In a later post I plan to test the performance of a..
Cloud adoption vocabulary
The dream of having a single lorry turn up to move every existing IT service to the cloud isn’t going to happen. Instead, there are several ways organisations are adopting cloud services.
Coeo achieves Gold Cloud Competency for Microsoft Azure
We’re excited to announce that Microsoft have awarded us Gold Cloud Competency.
Azure Automation Pt.1 - Automation solutions for ETL in the Cloud
The aim of this article is to provide a high-level overview of Extract, Transform and Load processes in Azure. Throughout the post, I will share my own experience working with Azure Data Factory and Automation over the last few months, and this blog will act as a primer for future posts, where I..
Creating an Availability Group with Microsoft Azure
Have you ever wanted to try out SQL Server Availability Groups but never had enough spare tin lying around in order to setup an environment? Well the Azure portal has been updated and now you don’t need to have any physical kit lying around, nor do you need to worry about having a beefed up laptop..