AWS Community Builders #AWSCommunity
I’m excited and happy to announce that I’m part of the AWS Community Builders. Check out more on Twitter with the #AWScommunity tag. To learn more about the program...
2020-07-31
25 reads
Daniel Janik
Running SQL Server in Google Cloud Platform
On a few occasions I’ve referred to GCP (Google Cloud Platform) as the “Windows Phone of cloud providers” and what I meant by that is they have a great...
2020-07-15 (first published: 2020-07-06)
392 reads
Living in the new normal as a data engineer
For the past few months most of the world has been in quarantine and you may think that this is the new normal, especially now that “re-opening” has been...
2020-06-28
129 reads
SQL 2019 UDF (User defined function) inlining
SQL Server 2019 brings a lot of great new features. Many are introduced by the IQP (Intelligent Query Processing) features and greatly improve query performance. Some time ago I...
2020-06-24 (first published: 2020-06-09)
550 reads
SQL Server 2019 CU5 is out
Earlier this week Microsoft released the latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2019 and as you can expect there are quite a few items addressed including a fix for...
2020-06-24
23 reads
Weekend Cloud Comic
I got a mailer for “The Container Store” this week and thought of the following scenario so I figured I’d hand-draw a comic to lighten your weekend. Enjoy!
2020-06-20
9 reads
Which Azure Data Platform service should I choose?
So you’ve decided to use Azure for your existing or new data project? This blog series is focused on choosing the right technology for your project. It’s tough right?...
2020-05-28 (first published: 2020-05-17)
781 reads
SSMS Quick Tip: Never lose your script from overwrite again!
Twenty something years ago when I started my SQL Server career there was an amazing tool called Query Analyzer. Honestly I’d say if Microsoft did nothing more than bring...
2020-05-27 (first published: 2020-05-07)
894 reads
May the forced be with you?
Today is May the fourth and I’ll start by saying: Happy Star Wars day to all. Since it is May the fourth I figured a Star Wars themed post...
2020-05-21 (first published: 2020-05-05)
308 reads
Azure Data Factory trigger tip
This tip comes from my DBA days working with SQL Agent Job schedules. If you’ve ever worked on a server where many people created job schedules you’ll know exactly...
2020-05-19 (first published: 2020-04-30)
318 reads
Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No...
Beyond Pipelines: How Fabric Reinvents Data Movement for the Modern Enterprise
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have thought about data like plumbers think about water: you build...
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Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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