What’s new in SQL Server 2017 presentation
I just uploaded a new presentation called “What’s new in SQL Server 2017”. It covers all the new features in...
2017-10-06
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James Serra's Blog
Microsoft Ignite Announcements
Many product announcements were made this week at Microsoft Ignite, and I wanted to give a quick overview of all...
2017-09-28
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Distributed Writes
In SQL Server, scaling out reads (i.e. using Active secondary replicas via AlwaysOn Availability Groups) is a lot easier than scaling out...
2017-09-21
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Azure Archive Blob Storage
Last week Microsoft released a public preview of a new service called Azure Archive Blob Storage, offering customers a lower-cost...
2017-08-31
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Data Virtualization vs Data Warehouse
Data virtualization goes by a lot of different names: logical data warehouse, data federation, virtual database, and decentralized data warehouse....
2017-08-24
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Microsoft Big Data Certification Exams
I previously blogged about Microsoft certification changes, and since then there have been some new Microsoft Big Data certifications exams released:
Already...
2017-08-08
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Azure Analysis Services web designer
Microsoft has released a preview of the Azure Analysis Services web designer. This is a browser-based experience that will allow...
2017-08-02
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Azure SQL Data Sync 2.0
Azure SQL Data Sync has been ignored for quite some time, but has finally gotten an update (it’s in public...
2017-07-20
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4TB disk sizes for Azure IaaS VMs available
Microsoft has introduced two new disk sizes for Azure IaaS VMs in P40 (2TB) and P50 (4TB) for both managed...
2017-07-07
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Data lake details
I have blogged before about data lakes (see What is a data lake? and Why use a data lake?), and wanted to provide...
2017-06-29
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
A Front Door for the DBA Team – AgentDBA UI
By Arun Sirpal
AgentDBA began as a command line. That suits one DBA on one server, but...
Cleaning Up Azure MS Defender Billing
By Steve Jones
I have a few Azure subscriptions, which are fairly small and not used that...
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