Blog Refresh – Growing Readers
Happy Tuesday everyone… In early 2017 I started blogging on this site in hopes of sharing new technology I was learning. The first post was as you could guess,...
2020-10-27
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 27 Oct 2020
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...
2020-10-27
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How To Set Up Perfmon for 24×7 Collection
I just released a new training video (one of many to be released in the upcoming months) showing you how to set up Windows Perfmon for ongoing 24×7 collection....
2020-10-27 (first published: 2020-10-21)
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Azure DevOps–Reconfiguring an Agent
This post looks at how to re-configure a local Azure DevOps agent when you need to change to a new pool or organization. PAT Expired I got a note...
2020-10-26 (first published: 2020-10-19)
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Daily Coping 26 Oct 2020
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...
2020-10-26
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How To: Create Schema Only Database Copies
Have you ever been asked to make a schema only copy of a database? What is your preferred method to complete this request? Below we will discuss how to...
2020-10-26 (first published: 2020-10-20)
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Using Managed Identities to authenticate Function Apps
I have a video detailing how to use Managed Identities to authenticate function apps in Azure.
2020-10-26
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Daily Coping 23 Oct 2020
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...
2020-10-23
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Synapse and federated queries
As I was finishing up a demo script for my presentation at the SQL PASS Virtual Summit on 11/13 (details on my session here), I wanted to blog about...
2020-10-23 (first published: 2020-10-15)
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Using Durable Functions in Azure Data Factory - Support for long running processes in Azure Functions
(2020-Oct-14) Ok, here is my problem: I have an Azure Data Factory (ADF) workflow that includes an Azure Function call to perform external operations and returns output result, which in...
2020-10-23 (first published: 2020-10-15)
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Blogs
Measuring RAG Solutions: Are We Retrieving the Right Information?
A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas
By Steve Jones
“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate with MCP
Yesterday I gave a talk for MSSQLTips called “Building a DBA Agent for Your...
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Hyperscale Replicas I
What types of secondary replicas are available for the Azure SQL Database Hyperscale edition?
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