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Getting Started with Azure SQL Data Warehouse - Part 4

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Database Journal

Microsoft Fabric (Azure Synapse, Data Engineering, etc.)

Azure SQL Data Warehouse is a new enterprise-class, elastic petabyte-scale, data warehouse service. Join Arshad Ali as he discusses round-robin and distributed tables, and how to create them. He also discusses how partitioning works in SQL Data Warehouse and looks at the impact of choosing the right distribution key. As a bonus Arshad shows you how to leverage PolyBase to quickly and easily import or export data from SQL Data Warehouse.

2017-05-25

3,392 reads

Masking your on-premise database with SQL Data Mask

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Redgate

data masking

In the last update from Redgate Foundry three weeks ago, they announced their intention to build a version of SQL Data Mask that would mask on-premise SQL Server databases, as well as Azure SQL Databases. They're pleased to say this version of the prototype is now available - here are the details.

2017-05-24

2,809 reads

Azure Networking for SQL Server DBAs

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SimpleTalk

Azure

The network is important to any DBA because so much performance is dependent on I/O, because of the importance of security, and ensuring that everyone get the right access. DBAs generally need not become experts in Azure networks, but it helps to understand the concepts and language. If you are running a SQL Server Virtual Machine in Azure, then VNets, Subnets, Network Security Groups, VNet peering and VPN gateways are all worth knowing about in order to to keep SQL Servers running smoothly.

2017-05-23

3,526 reads

How to document multiple SQL Server databases using SQL Doc and PowerShell

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Redgate

SQL Doc

You can use SQL Doc’s command-line parameters to automate database documentation, but when you try with a group of databases on a server, they sometimes don’t give you enough control over the job. Phil Factor provides a solution that allows both automation and flexibility.

2017-05-23

4,307 reads

Step-by-step Installation of SQL Server 2016 on a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster - Part 4

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MSSQLTips.com

SQL Server 2016

Continuing his series covering a step-by-step Installation of SQL Server 2016 on a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster, Edwin Sarmiento looks at adding a node to an existing SQL Server 2016 failover clustered instance (FCI).

2017-05-22

3,097 reads

Do you use Visual Studio Code?

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Redgate

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is rapidly gaining in popularity, but is it all it could be, or is there room for improvement? Redgate is embarking on some research to better understand how you are using this lightweight editor, and where it can be improved. Have your say by filling in this short survey!

2017-05-19 (first published: 2017-05-17)

5,394 reads

Installing SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu Server

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MSSQLTips.com

SQL Server Agent

Manvendra Singh explains how to install SQL Server Agent on an Ubuntu server, so that you can create SQL Server Agent Jobs to schedule repetitive tasks.

2017-05-19

2,721 reads

How Redgate helped define a truly automated database deployment process

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Redgate

automated deployment

At the end of 2016, Redgate interviewed Bob Walker, a Lead Application Developer, to find out how he went about setting up automated database deployments using Redgate tools, and also to find out what lessons he learned during the process - the highlights make for interesting reading. Read the interview write-up.

2017-05-18

3,059 reads

Using the DbFit Framework for Data Warehouse Regression Testing

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SimpleTalk

Data Warehouse

It is ironic that the users of database application need to rely on the very technologists that created the system to then devise and run their acceptance tests. Surely someone has devised a test system for databases that is simple enough for ordinary tech-savvy people to use and for them to create the tests? Yes they have. Fitnesse DbFit is a mature product that can, and does, test SQL Server databases, and Nat Sundar explains how to set it up and do it.

2017-05-18

3,142 reads