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7. Monitoring and Tuning Performance for Azure SQL

Bob Ward1  
(1)
North Richland Hills, TX, USA
 

You now have seen how to secure your Azure SQL deployment. Another aspect to ensure you have the best possible database for your application is understanding how to monitor and tune performance. If you know SQL Server, here is some good news. The engine that powers Azure SQL is the same one for SQL Server! This means that just about any performance capability you need exists for Azure SQL. It also means that many of the same tasks and skills you use for SQL Server apply to Azure SQL. In this chapter, we will explore all the capabilities and tasks you normally use to monitor ...

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