Days of the Week, Bitwise Edition
I recently had to help support synchronization and distribution of workloads between multiple servers.
2024-08-26
Articles
Iteration and Conditional Activities in Azure Data Factory
Learn about the different iterator activities in Azure Data Factory.
2024-08-23 (first published: 2021-10-22)
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5 Ways to Spend Your 2024 Learning and Development Budget in the US
Not many data professionals get a personal Learning and Development (L&D) budget that we can use at our discretion. This is something I encourage you to negotiate when you are considering a job or at your annual review. We all need to learn and a budget signifies your boss cares about you.
2024-08-23
SQL Local Variables and Performance Issues
In this article, we examine the effect of local variables on T-SQL queries and how these could potentially cause performance issues.
2024-08-23
A New and Improved Data Warehouse: Data Engineering with Fabric
In this next installment, John performs the research you might do if your management asked you to examine Fabric.
2024-08-21
3,691 reads
Auditing SQL Server – Part 3 – SQL Server Configuration Audit
This section gets into detailed SQL Server configuration details. This is less relevant in a cloud environment, but there are still items to confirm.
2024-08-21
Data Prediction with SQL Server Machine Learning Services, Python, and Linear Regression
Lean how to implement linear regression in SQL Server by running Python code on your data in SQL Server using Machine Learning Services.
2024-08-19
4,336 reads
Reduce SQL Server Blocking with READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT
This article explores how enabling READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT on your SQL Server database might ease excessive blocking.
2024-08-19
Recover a Database from Suspect Mode Step by Step
Learn how you can recover a database that is in suspect mode.
2024-08-16
9,735 reads
10 tips for Test Data Management success
What are the challenges to implementing a successful test data management strategy? In our recent webinar ‘Harnessing the Power of Test Data Management: Strategies for Success’, Redgate’s Steve Jones was joined by Hamish Watson (DevOps Consultant) and Daniel Watkins (Director/Principal Consultant) to talk all things TDM and how to implement it efficiently and effectively. Here are 10 key tips and takeaways from their conversation in a short blog post.
2024-08-16
Blogs
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
EightKB 2026: Registration is Open!
It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00...
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