An increased opportunity. Remote user groups. : T-SQL Tuesday #148
Rie Merritt (blog|twitter) is our host this month for T-SQL Tuesday! She’d like us to give advice on running a ... Continue reading
2022-03-08
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Daily Coping 8 Feb 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
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Data Thoughts – T-SQL Tuesday #148 – Advice on running a user group
G’day, This months T-SQL Tuesday (March 2022) invite is brought to you by Rie Merrit – @IrishSQL Rie has asked us to write about “Advice on running a user...
2022-03-08
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Microsoft Defender for open-source relational DB
If you navigate to the overview section of your MySQL server you will see a notification area, here you will find security section. It’s basically an area to provide...
2022-03-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #148–User Group Advice
This month the T-SQL Tuesday invitation is from Rie Merritt, and it’s one that means a lot to me. I don’t actually run a user group, but I think...
2022-03-08
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ADX and KQL – Free Cluster for learning purposes
G’day, I’ve been looking around a bit lately at Azure Data Explorer (ADX) Clusters and the Kusto Query Language (KQL). I recently learned that Microsoft is letting people experience...
2022-03-07 (first published: 2022-03-06)
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Daily Coping 7 Mar 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
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Data Page Restrictions
Today I’m talking about limitations that you have with data pages, and why there are restrictions that you will love, while you will hate other restrictions. As you learned,...
2022-03-07 (first published: 2022-02-21)
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Extracting Data from the AFAS REST API with Azure Data Factory
AFAS is a Dutch business software company, proving companies with ERP and HR software-as-a-service. You can extract data from the service using a REST API (there are also SOAP...
2022-03-07
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Power BI Embedded: Stress Testing & Capacity Planning
When deciding if Power BI is the correct reporting platform to meet your business’s needs, price is a large factor. Power BI pricing models are based around SKU’s and...
2022-03-07 (first published: 2022-02-22)
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