How to Apply Clustering in a Scatter Plot to Visualize Segments in Power BI Desktop
Learn how to build scatter plots in Power BI and use the clustering option to automatically find clusters within the report data for easy visualization.
2022-10-12
Articles
The Basics of Inserting Data into a SQL Server Table
Before data can be read from of a SQL Server database table, the table needs to contain rows of data. One of the most typical ways to get data into a table is to use the INSERT statement.
2022-10-12
Database Deployment with Terraform - Modules
Deploy resources in Azure using reusable code with Terraform modules.
2022-10-10
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Rethinking SQL Explicit Transactions
This article looks at a simple example of using explicit transactions when modifying data in SQL Server tables.
2022-10-10
Data Masking: Static vs Dynamic
Learn about how static data masking differs from dynamic masking and learn which one might be best for your organization.
2022-10-07
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Build Conditional Logic - SQL IF, BEGIN, END, ELSE, ELSEIF
Learn how to build conditional logic when writing SQL code using IF, BEGIN, END, ELSE, and ELSEIF logic.
2022-10-07
Improving the Quality of Data Governance: Where to Start?
How do we set about improving the quality of data governance within an organization? What are the priorities? Data Governance is generally considered to mean providing clear roles, responsibilities, policies, principles, and organizational structures that can ensure that data is managed well, in a way that benefits the whole organization. Where do you start?
2022-10-07
Delivering Cloud Transformation Excellence: Collaboration, Communication and Governance - Part 6
This article covers tips on establishing, enhancing, and empowering collaboration, communication, and governance on Cloud Transformation projects.
2022-10-05
Transaction locking and row versioning guide
In any database, mismanagement of transactions often leads to contention and performance problems in systems that have many users. As the number of users that access the data increases, it becomes important to have applications that use transactions efficiently. This guide describes the locking and row versioning mechanisms the SQL Server Database Engine uses to ensure the physical integrity of each transaction and provides information on how applications can control transactions efficiently.
2022-10-05
How to work with Python in Azure Data Studio
Learn how to use Python code with Azure Data Studio to work with SQL Server data.
2022-10-03
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The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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