What is HTAP?
I have been seeing the term “HTAP” mentioned a lot recently, and I thought I would briefly explain the term....
2016-12-14
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James Serra's Blog
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator
For a long time clients would ask me how to determine the cost savings by migrating their applications and databases...
2016-12-06
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Azure Advisor
Azure Advisor is a really cool personalized recommendation engine that provides you with proactive best practices guidance on High Availability,...
2016-12-01
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Analytics Platform System 2016 Release
Microsoft has a new release for the Analytics Platform System (APS). This appliance update is called APS 2016 and has...
2016-11-29
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PASS Summit Announcements: PolyBase enhancements
Microsoft usually has some interesting announcements at the PASS Summit, and this year was no exception. I’m writing a set...
2016-11-22
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Microsoft Connect(); announcements
Microsoft Connect(); is a developer event from Nov 16-18, where plenty of announcements are made. Here is a summary of the...
2016-11-17
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PASS Summit Announcements: Microsoft Professional Program for Big Data
Microsoft usually has some interesting announcements at the PASS Summit, and this year was no exception. I’m writing a set...
2016-11-15
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Azure SQL Server 2016 VM
With Windows Server 2016 just been released, now is the perfect time to build an Azure VM with SQL Server...
2016-11-10
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PASS Summit Announcements: SQL DW free trial
Microsoft usually has some interesting announcements at the PASS Summit, and this year was no exception. I’m writing a set...
2016-11-08
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PASS Summit Announcements: Power BI reports on-prem in SSRS
Microsoft usually has some interesting announcements at the PASS Summit, and this year was no exception. I’m writing a set...
2016-11-03
644 reads
Blogs
Asking for Help Isn’t a Weakness
By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
The Proof of the Backup Is in the Pudding
For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable,...
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....
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Troubleshooting Slow Queries That Already Have an Index
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