Azure SQL Database Compatibility with SQL Server
A long time ago, in early days of the Azure SQL Database in 2015, I wrote this article in which I tried to compare the SQL Server and Azure...
2020-10-02 (first published: 2020-09-27)
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The value of mentoring
I’ve spent my whole career working with databases which is over 20 years and counting. I work for a great company and I love what I do. The job...
2020-08-28 (first published: 2020-08-17)
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Take off with the new Flight Simulator
On August 18th 2020, Microsoft launched the newest version of the most successful flight simulator ever developed. The program was first released in 1982 and is the longest-running, best-known,...
2020-08-19
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Take off with the new Flight Simulator
On August 18th 2020, Microsoft launched the newest version of the most successful flight simulator ever developed. The program was first released in 1982 and is the longest-running, best-known,...
2020-08-19
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Connect() live stream for Developers around the World
Connect() is a yearly, Microsoft-hosted developer event that is broadcast live from New York City to developers worldwide.
The Connect(); 2017...
2017-11-13
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Windows Tips and Tricks – Why do I Have Trouble Ejecting USB Hard Drives?
External USB drives should be safely detached from Windows instead of just unplugging them from the computer. Most of us...
2017-11-01
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SQL Server 2017 is coming
It’s official: the next version of SQL Server, planned to be released this year, will be called SQL Server 2017....
2017-04-19
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Windows Tips and Tricks – Quick Screen Clipping
It’s quite easy to hit the PrintScreen key and capture the whole screen. But how do we quickly capture a...
2017-04-07 (first published: 2017-03-22)
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Here I go again
About two years ago I wrote my first blog post.
About a year ago I paused my blogging activity. That’s when...
2017-03-21
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Dynamic Data Masking
Here’s a new feature that I like very much: Limiting exposure of sensitive data like user emails, phone numbers, addresses,...
2016-03-04 (first published: 2016-02-29)
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Blogs
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
Every PostgreSQL migration eventually hits the same fork in the road. The database is...
A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
Forums
Inquiry – Enforcing ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly via GPO
Hello, I would like to ask whether it is technically possible to redirect a...
Calculating Geometric Mean in Power BI
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TempDB Facts I
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TempDB Facts I
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