Article: SQL Server Sample Databases
herefore, from Northwind and pubs to WideWorldImporters, I've compiled where to get those databases and what you need to know in order to use them yourselves.
2025-07-21
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Blog Posts
PostgreSQL 17: A Deep Dive into New Features, Benefits, and Enterprise Impact
PostgreSQL 17 introduces a new era of innovation in open-source database technology. This release focuses on performance, scalability, developer productivity, and enterprise-grade reliability. Each feature in PostgreSQL 17 is...
2025-07-21
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The Evolution of Data: From Databases to Spark to Lakebases
The circle cylinder of life Maybe you’ve noticed all the twenty somethings tight rolling their jeans or people with bellbottoms or the 80’s music playing in grocery stores… It’s...
2025-07-18
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PostgreSQL Timeline: History and Evolution
PostgreSQL, often referred to as Postgres, is a powerful, open-source object-relational database system that has evolved over decades. It is known for its reliability, feature richness, and strong community...
2025-07-17
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Why Microsoft Fabric Signals the Next Wave of Data Strategy
In today’s data-driven economy, organizations are no longer asking if they should invest in data, they are asking how fast they can turn data into decisions. The answer, increasingly,...
2025-07-17
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DP-203: The Complete Guide to Becoming a Microsoft Azure Data Engineer Associate
In today’s data-driven world, organizations rely on skilled professionals to design, build, and maintain scalable data solutions. The DP-203: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure certification is your ticket to...
2025-07-16
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SQL Server Database Compatibility Levels
Why You Shouldn’t Overlook This Quiet but Critical SQL Server Setting If you’ve ever upgraded a SQL Server instance and something just broke in your application, chances are...
2025-07-16
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Understanding Zonal Redundancy in Azure SQL MI
Do you know what happens when you enable zonal redundancy for your SQL managed instance? Lets define it first (in the context of Business-Critical tier) – zonal redundancy is...
2025-07-16
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A field note: AI Ambition vs. Operational Reality in 2025
Ivan Jelić, Group CEO at Joyful Craftsmen, reflects on what separates AI success from failure — and why most companies still underestimate what it really takes to turn strategy...
2025-07-15 (first published: 2025-07-14)
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Azure SQL Managed Instance: Boost Performance with Read-Scale Out
The Business Critical tier of Azure SQL Managed Instance offers the read-scale out feature enabling you to distribute read-only workloads such as reporting and analytics across built-in replicated secondary...
2025-07-15
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Blogs
SQL Saturday Boston Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone who attended my sessions today at SQL Saturday Boston 2025. I’ve...
Scaling SQL Server 2025 Vector Search with Load-Balanced Ollama Embeddings
SQL Server 2025 introduces native support for vector data types and external AI models....
Advice I Like: Fear and Imagination
By Steve Jones
Fear is fueled by a lack of imagination. The antidote to fear is not...
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The New SQL Server 2025 Data type
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new data type designed to support similarity search and machine learning applications for AI applications. What is this new data type?
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