Data Warehousing in the cloud – Azure Style
Learn about Azure SQL Data Warehouse and how to get started.
2017-04-05
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Articles
PowerShell Time Saver: Automatic Defaults
Because PowerShell needs to be usable as an immediate scripting language by IT professionals who type in commands at a console, there have to be language devices such as aliases that can make for terseness when appropriate. There are several ways of cutting down the verbiage in a script, and being able to specify default values via $PSDefaultParameterValues is one of the more generally useful ones. Michael Sorens explains how it can save you time in your daily work.
2017-04-05
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SQL Login Password Audit
Audit your SQL logins to find passwords that have never been changed or that are very weak.
2017-04-04
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Using DBCC CLONEDATABASE and Query Store for Testing
Erin Stellato demonstrates how to use the new DBCC CLONEDATABASE feature, in combination with Query Store, to test index and query changes.
2017-04-04
4,187 reads
Step by Step Configuring AlwaysOn with Log Shipping
In this article, I will show you a procedure to combine SQL Server AlwaysOn with logshipping and to make log-shipping to work even in case of failovers between availability replicas in primary site.
2017-04-03
26,880 reads
Migrating a Disk-Based Table to a Memory-Optimized Table in SQL Server
The feature formerly known as Hekaton, now In-Memory OLTP can provide very useful performance gains where you carefully select the tables to become memory-optimised. How do you set about the job of converting existing tables to become memory-optimised tables? the process isn't entirely straightforward but the benefits that an In-Memory OLTP table delivers is worth your effort. Alex Grinberg takes you through the basics.
2017-04-03
5,510 reads
A Single-Parameter Date Range in SQL Server Reporting Services
Many reports you will generate in SSRS will need to report within date ranges, and most of those will need a date range parameter. Here's an way to make an easy-to-use date range parameter.
2017-03-31 (first published: 2015-11-18)
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Working with Windows Containers and Docker: The Basics
When you begin to work with containers, you will notice many similarities between a container and a virtual machine; but, in fact, these are two quite different concepts. Containers are going to change the way that we do Windows-based development work in the coming year, and they already underpin much of the devops work of speeding the delivery process. Nicolas Prigent explains how to use the Windows Containers feature.
2017-03-31
6,296 reads
Performing a Right and Comprehensive Age Calculation Part 2
Age Calculation gets implemented as an Inline table Valued function with a parameter defining which date parts must be counted.
2017-03-30
1,851 reads
What's New in Master Data Services MDS 2016 - Part 1
SQL Server 2016 introduced many new features and improvements for all its products, and Master Data Services (MDS) is no exception. In this post, Koen Verbeeck gives a comprehensive overview of all the new MDS features.
2017-03-30
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