Checking Azure SQL DB service tier via T-SQL
If you have to manage or work with an Azure SQL database and want to know what service tier the database is currently operating, but you don't have access...
2020-07-20
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Blog Posts
Consistency Architecture in Azure Cosmos DB
In my first article in Azure Cosmos DB, we talked about What is Cosmos DB and How to provisions it, then in the Second article we talked about Partitioning Architecture in Azure Cosmos...
2020-07-20
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Daily Coping 20 Jul 2020
I’ve 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...
2020-07-20
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Database Fundamentals #27: Creating a Primary Key in the Table Designer
Defining primary keys is the hardest part of the operation. You will need to work very closely with the business in order to define exactly what column or columns...
2020-07-20 (first published: 2020-07-14)
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Getting a List of Tags from the Microsoft Container Registry–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I needed to write this post because I...
2020-07-20 (first published: 2020-07-08)
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SQL Server table partitioning – planning and implementation guidelines
Nowadays, the big environments that have large databases with a heavy amount of transaction they had one common performance issue in the OLTP transaction when the database size increased...
2020-07-20
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Using Secret Management module to run SSMS, VS Code and Azure Data Studio as another user
Following on from my last post about the Secret Management module. I was asked another question. > Can I use this to run applications as my admin account? A...
2020-07-20
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Azure Cosmos DB Global data distribution Architecture
In my first article in Azure Cosmos DB, we talked about What is Cosmos DB and How to provisions it, then in the Second article we talked about Partitioning...
2020-07-19
12 reads
Partitioning Architecture in Azure Cosmos DB.
Introduction In my first article in Cosmos DB, I talked about the basic information about How to provision Cosmos DB, and today we will complete our discussion in How...
2020-07-19
15 reads
A Travel Milestone: Two Keystones
I used to travel a lot. Last year I flew over 140,000 miles in the air, drive another 1000 or so on vacation, and visited numerous countries. It’s hectic...
2020-07-17
29 reads
Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Backing Up a DMK
In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?
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