Making sense of Microsoft technology
In my role as a Data Platform Solution Architect (DPSA) at Microsoft, part of my responsibility is to keep up with...
2016-09-21
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James Serra's Blog
The art of possible with the cloud
One thing I try to do in my role with Microsoft is to get clients to think of possible use...
2016-09-08
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SQL Server 2016 real-time operational analytics
SQL Server 2016 introduces a very cool new feature called real-time operational analytics, which is the ability to run both...
2016-08-24
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Azure SQL Database new performance level
A new performance level for Azure SQL Database was recently announced, called P15. This new offering is more than two...
2016-08-17
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Azure SQL Database vs SQL Data Warehouse
I am sometimes asked to compare Azure SQL Database (SQL DB) to Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW). The most important...
2016-08-17 (first published: 2016-08-10)
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What is the Lambda Architecture?
Lambda architecture is a data-processing architecture designed to handle massive quantities of data (i.e. “Big Data”) by using both batch-processing and...
2016-08-08 (first published: 2016-08-05)
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Multi-tenant databases in the cloud
For companies that sell an on-prem software solution and are looking to move that solution to the cloud, a challenge...
2016-07-20
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Azure SQL Data Warehouse is now GA
The Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW), that I blogged about here, is now generally available. Here is the official...
2016-07-13
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Virtualization does not equal a private cloud
I see a lot of confusion when it comes to creating a private cloud. Many seem to think that by...
2016-07-07
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Azure SQL Data Warehouse pricing
The pricing for Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) consists of a compute charge and a storage charge. For compute, it is...
2016-06-23
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Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
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Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
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