SQL Server Stretch DB to Azure
Since SQL Server 2016 we could leverage Microsoft Azure to dynamically move “cold” portions of data away from on-premises storage for longer retention time periods. Whilst in theory being...
2020-07-27
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Arun Sirpal
Azure SQL Database – Advanced Threat Detection
You should always seriously consider enabling this feature. This is part of the ADS suite – Advanced Data Security and I will show you how good this pro-active service...
2020-07-21
136 reads
Azure SQL Database and Backups
Question, can you take a built-in backup ( a backup that Microsoft takes as part of the service) and create a new database from it on a NEW server...
2020-07-14
156 reads
Azure Data Engineer Associate
You can read about all the new role based qualifications from Microsoft here – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/certification-overview.aspx Today I want to talk about the Azure Data Engineer one from my experience...
2020-07-06
35 reads
Azure SQL Database Networking
Have you realised the changes Microsoft have made to the firewall and networking section of Azure SQL Database? I found this quite stealthy and took me by surprise. I...
2020-06-24
12 reads
Azure SQL Database Migrating across Tiers
A quick post today about moving across database tiers. As you can see below I have a General Purpose Serverless Gen 5 1 vCore database (currently paused). Can I...
2020-06-17
461 reads
Azure Monitor and Azure SQL Database
This is all about enabling diagnostics telemetry for Azure SQL databases. For Azure SQL Database there are quite a few options to select from. Below shows the diagnostic settings...
2020-06-10
41 reads
Tips and Tricks Azure Databricks
It has been a while since I posted an entry for TSQL Tuesday, which, for today is hosted by Kenneth . The subject being a non SQL Server tip. For...
2020-06-09
222 reads
Lock your Azure SQL Database
So you have many databases in Azure, you accidentally deleted one which can happen and has happened to me because in my situation they had very similar naming conventions...
2020-06-03
146 reads
Azure Databricks to Azure SQL DB
Recently I got to a stage where I leveraged Databricks to the best of my ability to join couple of CSV files together, play around some aggregations and then...
2020-05-26
29 reads
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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degree of parallelism
Team, I'm trying to figure out what will be the best recommendation to configure...
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A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
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