Azure Cosmos DB Intro
Cosmos DB falls into the “NoSQL” technology group, call it a buzz word if you like but it is very different to classic Relational Databases such as SQL Server....
2019-06-10
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Arun Sirpal
Using Azure Data Factory to Migrate Data
Quite simply the objective as follows: Move data from Azure SQL Database to Azure SQL DW via Azure Data Factory v2 (ADF). Overview Before I begin, what exactly is...
2019-05-22
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Azure SQL Database Serverless
Quite a significant change has taken place within the Azure SQL Database space, more specifically the development of Azure SQL Database Serverless. Currently in preview mode this “compute” tier changes...
2019-05-14
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Pausing / Resuming Azure SQL DW
Before writing about pausing (and resuming) Azure SQL Data Warehouse (DW) it makes sense to discuss the architecture of this product. At a high level it involves a control...
2019-05-07
112 reads
Video – Creating Azure SQL Database
A quick 2 minute upload (with sound, my voice) showing you how easy it is to create an Azure SQL Database using the Azure portal and then using SSMS...
2019-04-23
40 reads
Scaling SQL Elastic Pools
There are a few ways to scale a SQL elastic pool. For this blog post I show you how to scale up. It can be done via the Azure...
2019-04-15
61 reads
Tuning Azure SQL Elastic Pools
The below image is a beautiful picture, now it could be worse. The red line and the green line could peak at the same time and for a very...
2019-04-11
157 reads
SQL Server 2019 Suspend/Resume TDE
Yes, a really nice new shiny feature where we have the ability to suspend and resume the encryption scan for TDE – Transparent Data Encryption which is available in...
2019-04-02
160 reads
New Improved Azure Elastic Jobs
There is a new way to setup Azure elastic jobs to run against a target group of databases (targeting an elastic pool). I actually found the process quite messy...
2019-03-27
21 reads
Sizing your Azure SQL Database
Do you want to identify the correct Service Tier and Compute Size ( was once known as performance level) for your...
2019-03-20
662 reads
Blogs
Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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reaching ftp thru winscp but erroring in ssis ftp task connection
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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