Category: RDS for SQL Server

Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server allows up to 5,000 databases per instance. However, the number of databases that can be restored to a specific point in time using point-in-time recovery (PITR) depends on the instance class type. In this post, we show how to use native backup and restore commands to achieve PITR for databases that aren’t eligible because of the instance type limitation. We present two solutions: one applicable to all versions of RDS Custom for SQL Server and the other for RDS Custom for SQL Server version 2022.

In this post, we explain how to perform a database minor version upgrade (patch) with Multi-AZ on CEV instance, where RDS Custom performs rolling upgrades, so you have an outage only for failover period and the time needed for post-upgrade scripts until the instance is fully operational.

As businesses strive to integrate AI/ML capabilities into their customer-facing services and solutions, they often face the challenge of leveraging massive amounts of relational data hosted on on-premises SQL Server databases. This post showcases how Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server and Amazon SageMaker Canvas can work together to address this challenge. By leveraging the native integration points between these managed services, you can develop integrated solutions that use existing relational database workloads to source predictive AI/ML models with minimal effort and no coding required.

In this post, we discuss how to set up a rollback strategy using a fall forward approach from Amazon RDS for SQL Server transparent database encryption (TDE)- and non-TDE-enabled databases to self-managed SQL Server, utilizing SQL’s native backup and restore option.

Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Amazon EBS io2 Block Express volumes. These volumes are designed to support all your critical database workloads that demand high performance, high throughput, and consistently low latency. io2 Block Express volumes support 99.999% durability, up to 64 TiB storage, up to 4,000 MiB/s throughput, and up to 256,000 Provisioned IOPS for your most demanding database needs, at the same price as EBS io1 volumes. In this post, we share best practices to use the io2 Block Express volumes with RDS for SQL Server DB instances.

Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports configuring password policies for logins using SQL Server Authentication. In this post, we guide you through the process of enabling the password policy for Amazon RDS for SQL Server and creating a SQL Server login that adheres to the policy.

When you create a new Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server instance, the master user is granted certain privileges for that database instance. We strongly recommend that you do not use the master user directly in your applications. Instead, adhere to the principles of least privilege and best practices by using a database user created with the minimal permissions required for your application. In this post, we discuss how to clone the master user to a new login and review it for the minimal permissions required.

In this post, we walk you through how to configure Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption between the source endpoints in AWS DMS and an on-premises SAP ASE source for secure data transfer. We also show you the steps for enabling SSL on an on-premises SAP ASE database. Configuring SSL encryption on source endpoints enables encrypting data in transit during the database migration process for enhanced security.

As SQL Server 2014 approaches its end of support on July 9, 2024, it’s crucial to understand your options and take a proactive approach in planning and upgrading your SQL Server databases to the latest version. In this post we show you how to leverage AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) automation to upgrade your current RDS for SQL Server 2014 instance to a more recent supported version.

In this post, we demonstrate how to migrate SQL logins, database roles, users, and object-level permissions from Azure SQL Database to Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server using T-SQL. Within SQL Server, a SQL login acts as a security principal, allowing a user or application to connect to a SQL Server instance. […]