In this article, we will explore the HTAP capabilities of Cosmos DB. The goal is to derive real-time insights from transactional changes made to Cosmos DB, in a cost-effective manner with minimal overhead. I want the solution to be scalable, reliable and overall simple to maintain.
2021-11-03
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I haven’t done much blogging in the last 6 months. My last article was posted in January, on Data Governance in the Covid era. After changing jobs in March,...
2021-10-17
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I haven’t done much blogging in the last 6 months. My last article was posted in January, on Data Governance in the Covid era. I changed jobs in March,...
2021-10-17
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One common theme that stood out last year is the oversupply of data to our fingertips. In my line of work as a data professional, I produce, consume and...
2021-01-12 (first published: 2021-01-05)
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Covid-driven disruption calls for a higher degree of consistency and clarity on the data assets handled by any organization, because in the months to come there will be a...
2021-01-05
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Everyone of us is in a perpetual pursuit of awesomeness - some actively looking for it, while others passively. Either way, it is inherent in our making to reach...
2020-09-11 (first published: 2020-09-06)
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One unequivocal point to note is that loving oneself is a precursor to awesomeness. You can't be awesome if you don't love yourself. Period!
2020-09-06
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In this article, we will focus on creating a data pipeline to ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) Cosmos DB container changes to a SQL Server database. Note that this...
2019-07-21
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In this article, we will focus on creating a data pipeline to ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) Cosmos DB container changes to a SQL Server database. Note that this...
2019-07-21
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Late last year, I wrote a series of articles about Predictive Modeling using R and SQL Server Machine Learning Services. At the time, I thought MLS was an underutilized...
2019-06-17 (first published: 2019-05-28)
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By Steve Jones
One of the language changes in SQL Server 2025 that I’ve seen a lot...
By Steve Jones
I hosted this month, but I decided to put my own entry in as...
By Chris Yates
I get asked a lot about why or how I began working with databases...
Yes, you read that title correctly. I have a somewhat hilarious problem. We have...
Hi experts, I’ve been going through several articles and videos about Columnstore indexes, but...
Recently stood up a 2022 Enterprise server. Have 8 publications with subscriptions on a...
I get a new SQL Server instance from my build team. How can I tell if the instance was installed using a slipstream installation later?
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