Common Things Admins Miss in Azure SQL DB

This is by no means a complete list but more of a personal list of features I have seen not setup or just missed out when looking at Azure...

My Desktop Setup

Every once in awhile when I’m recording a Pluralsight course, I’ll take a photo of my desk to let people see the behind the scenes of the process. Well,...

Remote sessions at Data Céilí

At Data Céilí 2020 we want to be as green as possible and one idea we’ve had is to run a Green Track that will host remote sessions from...

Running Powershell Scripts – #SQLNewBlogger

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. When you install Windows, by default, the execution...

The curious case of the sqlcmd password

In August last year I posted about a command line parser problem I ran into with AzCopy, which I eventually resolved by writing a batch file and escaping a...

Azure Synapse Analytics & Power BI concurrency

As a follow-up to my last blog, Azure Synapse Analytics & Power BI performance, I wanted to focus on concurrency when using these two products. A common question I...

Call for Speakers for Orlando Code Camp 2020 is Open

Code Camp will be March 28th, 2020 at Seminole State College. The fifteenth consecutive year! They are definitely interested in developer/end user SQL content and would like at least...

Easy Audit Index Changes

When looking for an easy method to audit Index changes, one of the first technologies to try really should be Extended Events (xevents).
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SQLpassion Online Training about SQL Server on VMware – Best Practices

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