https://gotoguy.blog/tags/sql-server/SQL Server - Tag - GoToGuy BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSat, 28 Mar 2015 19:40:19 +0000https://gotoguy.blog/2015/03/28/shut-down-azure-servers-for-earth-hour-2015-edition/Sat, 28 Mar 2015 19:40:19 +0000Jan Vidar Elvenhttps://gotoguy.blog/2015/03/28/shut-down-azure-servers-for-earth-hour-2015-edition/One year ago, I published a blog article for shutting down, and later restart again, Azure Servers for one hour duration during Earth Hour 2014: https://systemcenterpoint.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/earth-hour-how-to-shut-down-and-restart-your-windows-azure-services-with-automation/ . In that article, I used three different Automation technologies to accomplish that: Scheduled PowerShell script System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator Service Management Automation in Windows Azure Pack Today is Earth Hour 2015 (www.earthhour.org ). While the Automation technologies referred still can be used for shutting down and restarting Azure Servers, I thought I should create an updated blog article using Azure Automation that has been launched during the last year.https://gotoguy.blog/2014/10/26/cireson-portal-and-sql-always-on-availability-databases/Sun, 26 Oct 2014 19:23:28 +0000Jan Vidar Elvenhttps://gotoguy.blog/2014/10/26/cireson-portal-and-sql-always-on-availability-databases/I have for a while been working on my System Center Service Manager environment to run on Azure Virtual Machines, and to increase availability for this environment I have created a SQL Server AlwaysOn Cluster also in Azure. While my environment is mostly for demo and development, and availability is not that critical, I find it important to look into high availability scenarios for knowledge and guidance for our customers. There are some great tutorials and support on how to create SQL Server AlwaysOn in Azure, and how Service Manager supports AlwaysOn in these links: