KQL Series – some DevOps things: Provisioning using terraform
If you’ve read my blogs before or seen me speak you’ll know that I love the DevOps. Provisioning Azure Data Explorer can be a complex task, involving multiple steps...
2023-03-20
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Blog Posts
KQL Series – some DevOps things: Provisioning using ARM templates (dedicated to Scott)
I was talking to an ex-client earlier this week and he saw the drafts of my blog posts around DevOps infra-as-code spinning up Azure Data Explorer and he said...
2023-03-20
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Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 03-13-2023 & SQLBits 2023
Hello Dear Reader! What an incredible week we had. I started off traveling on Monday of last week. At the airport I ran into my friend David Pless (...
2023-03-20
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The Microsoft Ability Summit in Review
As many of you are aware, I have been dealing with a progressive version of ALS which is affecting my hands and arms and thus my ability to type....
2023-03-20 (first published: 2023-03-09)
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Blogging for the Tech Professional PowerPoint
Thanks to everyone that came to my talk at SQL Bits. Powerpoint here for download. If you have questions, reach out.
2023-03-19 (first published: 2023-03-18)
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KQL Series – high level of data ingestion- setup
In this blog post let us stop for a second and see where we are in this whole create an Azure Data Explorer cluster and ingest data.High level summary...
2023-03-19
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KQL Series – ingesting data into Azure Data Explorer from IoT Hub
This blog post is rare because I am dedicating it to my good mate Bryn Lewis who spoke recently at a community event I ran (the first free community...
2023-03-19
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KQL Series – ingesting data into Azure Data Explorer using csv files
In my previous blog post KQL Series – ingesting data using Azure Stream Analytics I talked about one of the more easier ways to ingest data – which is via...
2023-03-19
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KQL Series – ingesting data using Azure Stream Analytics
This blog post is about another method of ingesting data into Azure Data Explorer. Azure Stream Analytics is a cloud-based stream processing service that allows us to ingest and...
2023-03-19
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KQL Series – ingesting data via Event Grid into Azure Data Explorer
This blog post is about using event grid to ingest data into Azure Data Explorer and was a method I had to use with a client. It was awesome...
2023-03-19
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Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
Forums
SSRS Reminded Me of the Time Microsoft Retired TMG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SSRS Reminded Me of the...
Getting results from a Procedure to join to a query
I have a need to execute a stored procedure and return the results to...
Upgrade 2016 Standard to 2022 Express
Title pretty much says it all - can this be done? I've tried several...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT II
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37 4 NULLWhat is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 4;See possible answers