SQL Sentry's Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) shows DDL commands in Azure SQL Database that can now run as online operations instead of blocking, size-of-data operations.
Erin Stellato (@erinstellato) adds another entry to her series on proactive health checks for SQL Server, this time treating database and instance settings.
Tim Radney (@tradney) of SQLskills.com explains SQL Server Agent alerts and how you can stay ahead of the game in terms of performance and event monitoring.
