Quick Azure Tip: Event 129 in Storvsc

We recently helped a customer troubleshoot some SQL 2014 timeout issues in an Azure hosted environment.  In this instance, the Azure VM was a well powered G-Series machine with a properly configured Storage Space stripe set of drives.  The behavior seen was that SQL…

Azure G-Series Performance Benchmarks & Notes

We recently helped a customer move their Azure hosted production SQL Cluster from D-Series VMs the newer G-Series VMs.  Prior to doing so, I had a difficult time finding a good set of performance metrics or benchmarks to justify the different in cost and gauge the…

Virtual Machine Maintenance

Virtual Machine Overview Working on Dynamics CRM projects usually requires a virtual environment because of the dependencies on IIS, Active Directory, SQL Server and sometimes SharePoint. Setting up environments that accommodate multiple team members quickly becomes…