PASS Data Community Summit
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2023-07-12
Articles
Using Virtual Network Data Gateways to Secure Access to Azure SQL in Power BI
Power BI and Azure are two related services, but with a considerable independence between them. Power BI share the Azure Tenant for security management, but in relation to networking, they are in completely different environments.
2023-07-12
Get the Most Current Row From a Detail Table
This article compares the performance of finding the most recent row in a child table for updates, looking at four possible solutions.
2023-07-10
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Enterprises that adopt Database DevOps save an average of $4.3M per year (Video)
If treated well, the database can be a major accelerator in your business’s efficiency. It can be the star performer in your migration to the cloud, in your move to micro services and other change initiatives. Find out how the database can be the hero in your digital transformation or change initiative.
2023-07-10
Influencing Successful Cloud Transformational Change
By developing a strong business case, building key relationships, using budgeting and forecasting tools, and providing training and support, tech leaders can effectively sell the benefits of the cloud and influence change.
2023-07-10
Creating an Azure SQL Database Using Azure Cloud Shell
This article will show how to use the Azure Cloud Shell and PowerShell to set up a new Azure SQL Database.
2023-07-07
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Starter Metadata T-SQL Query Examples for Databases and Tables
SQL Server provides lots of information about various aspects of server and database objects and this data is referred to as metadata. Understanding what is available and how to use this metadata can greatly enhance and streamline how you can work with SQL Server.
2023-07-07
Storing Credentials Securely on a Windows-based Flyway Installation
This article demonstrates how to use PowerShell to fetch your login credentials from Windows Credential Manager and pipe them securely to Flyway without ever saving them in any form, such as in a file or environment variable.
2023-07-07
First speakers announced for Summit 2023
Your first speakers in the lineup for PASS Data Community Summit 2023 have been announced! Check out the full details for this year's Pre-Cons and Learning Pathways, and find out why some of our speakers are particularly excited for what’s in store this year.
2023-07-05
The difference between libraries and frameworks
The concept behind frameworks and libraries is to provide reusable code that you can use to perform everyday tasks so that developers don’t have to write all of the code from scratch for every project. However, there are some differences that you need to understand as you start writing code, which I will cover in this article.
2023-07-05
Blogs
Microsoft Purview data governance best practices
By James Serra
Microsoft Purview can be the best data governance tool in the world, but it...
Crash-Consistent MongoDB Snapshot and Restore with Everpure Fusion
I’ve been working on a project that combines two things I spend a lot...
AI and Data Engineering on the Edge: The Good, the Bad, and the Overhyped
Running AI and data pipelines on the edge instead of the cloud has gone...
Forums
Replacing Maintenance tasks now using SSMS 22 - what to do with File operations
Unfortunately I'm using SSMS 22. It didn't come with maintenance plans by default. I...
Secure Cached Plans
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Complex Data Processing with dbt Python Models: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Question of the Day
Secure Cached Plans
The DMV, sys.dm_exec_cached_plans, contains rows for each cached plan on an instance. In Azure SQL Database, not every used has rights to every database, as there does exist an instance behind each database. How is security handled for this DMV in Azure?
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