Azure: Creating a BACPAC from an On-Premises SQL Server Database

So to start, what’s a BACPAC?

Per the Azure documentation
When you need to create an archive of an Azure SQL database,...

Bringing Database Devops to DevConnections

Another alliteration post. Maybe I’ll make all my titles tongue twisters to test your talents?
This is my new favorite session....

Budgeting for SQL Saturdays

We’ve been doing SQLSaturdays for eight years at Louisville now. We’ve had a quite a wide range of budgets depending on...

Columnstore & Memory-Optimised Workshop in Redmond (10.31-11.02 2016)

I am so happy that I can finally announce the very first Columnstore & Memory-Optimised Tables Workshop in the USA: on...

Default Sessions – Back to Basics

Remember When…
Back in late December of 2015, a challenge of sorts was issued by Tim Ford (twitter) to write a...

Interview Questions for Companies

In this article I will be posting interview questions by companies. Whenever I am facing any interview or someone shares...

Migrating to Azure - Quirks & Tips

Recently I have moved a dozen websites and web apps to Azure. Some are small apps used by a few...

Migrating to Azure - Quirks & Tips

Recently I have moved a dozen websites and web apps to Azure. Some are small apps used by a few...

Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 15 – Table Heatmap)

In this module you will learn how to use the Table Heatmap Power BI Custom Visual.  The Table Heatmap has...

Top 5 Books for Database Developers

My Top 5 series of books has proved very popular. The first post  titled Top 5 books for Enterprise Architecture was the...