Kamil

My name is Kamil Nowinski and I'm the founder & owner of SQLPlayer blog.
I'm Microsoft Data Platform MVP, MCSE. Senior Data Engineer, data geek and friend of Redgate. I speak at user groups and conferences across Europe. Love #SQLfamily and Community around Microsoft Data Platform - that's why my podcast is called "Ask SQL Family" where I talk to well-known and valued specialists in the industry (including Microsoft employees).

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Last Week Reading (2019-10-20)

Hello folks! 2 weeks passed but eventually, I have some news for you. Press Support for Azure Databricks Instance pool for operationalizing Databricks workloads in Data Factory Public Preview...

2019-10-20

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ASF 025: Rob Farley interview

Introduction Rob Farley is a Microsoft Certified Master, Microsoft Certified Trainer and is a recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award for SQL Server since 2006. Rob provides consulting and...

2019-09-26

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ASF 024: Leila Etaati interview

Introduction Leila Etaati is an AI MVP, mentor, trainer, speaker and consultant. She spoke in some important conference such as Microsoft USA Ignite, Microsoft Data Insight Summit, SQL PASS,...

2019-07-26

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sp_snapshot – The easy way to take database snapshots of one or more databases – V3.0

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Vector Datatype

The new Vector datatype in SQL Server 2025 is a binary type that has a few parameters. What parameters are required?

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