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The Azure-SSIS IR Startup Time

If you want to run SSIS packages in Azure Data Factory, you need the Azure SSIS Integration Runtime (quite the mouthful), which is basically a cluster of virtual machines...

2019-07-09 (first published: )

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The Microsoft Power Platform

The Microsoft Power Platform consists of three products: Power BI, PowerApps, and Microsoft Flow. I find customers are confused on the use cases of these products and how they...

2019-07-08 (first published: )

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Comparing Execution Plans

When you run a query twice, and get dramatically different run times, your first step can be to try to identify the differences in execution plans. For many that...

2019-07-05 (first published: )

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Microsoft MVP #2

It is always a dark art trying to suss out why he/she is an MVP? Do they deserve it? What does it take? Why can’t I get it? The...

2019-07-05

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Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026

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For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...

Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App

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I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...

A New Word: Dolorblindness

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dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...

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Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference

By pietlinden

Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...

GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server

By Cláudio Tereso

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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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Question of the Day

Changing the AG Listener

In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?

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