Data is stored in heterogenous environments in many organizations. Enterprise reporting for management and other departments is created using a variety of tools. There are Excel Workbooks, SSRS Reports, Tableau Dashboards, flat files, data streams from MySQL databases, etc. Each data extract or report is created by a BI or DB Development Team member. Often […]
2020-07-07
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Learn how to use the 'hybrid' approach in the Deployment Suite for Oracle to automate Oracle database deployments. In this approach, the team maintains the current state of the database in version control during development, then, at key stages, generates and tests the migrations script that will be used to deploy the new database changes safely.
2020-07-07
In this series of tips we will introduce PowerShell scripts with T-SQL code that can be used to monitor your SQL Server environment. This first set of scripts creates the core objects needed for this solution.
2020-07-07
2020-07-06
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Running SQL Server in a container may seem daunting at first, but it’s easy once you understand the handful of commands needed. In this article, Robert Cain demonstrates how to run SQL Server in a Docker container on Ubuntu.
2020-07-06
How well do the SQL Server licenses you own match up with what you need for your current use? William Durkin explains how to use SQL Monitor to find out.
2020-07-06
Learn how you can enable the Stretch Database feature in SQL Server 2016.
2020-07-03 (first published: 2019-01-15)
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In this article we cover some things you should consider when determining whether to use Azure Data Factory, SSIS or Azure Databricks.
2020-07-03
Monitoring should be able to happen no matter where you are located. This year organizations around the globe had to adapt to many new challenges including a distributed workforce and managing their estate when they can’t be in the office. This blog outlines the reasons and benefits of adopting remote monitoring.
2020-07-03
In Part 1 of this article we looked at a specific use case (probably exaggerated) that gave us an idea about how CPU and IO performance might be affected by a bad page split. We continue this analysis looking at what really happens to the data on the leaf pages of a clustered index with […]
2020-07-02
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