Data Warehouse Fast Track for SQL Server 2016
Microsoft Data Warehouse Fast Track for SQL Server 2016 is a joint effort between Microsoft and its hardware partners to...
2016-10-19
968 reads
James Serra's Blog
Microsoft certification changes
A recent Microsoft blog post announced that they are releasing five new Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) and Developer (MCSD) specialties. ...
2016-10-05
780 reads
Cortana Intelligence Solutions
Cortana Intelligence Solutions is a new tool just released in public preview that enables users to rapidly discover, easily provision, quickly experiment...
2016-09-29
911 reads
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
698 reads
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
515 reads
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
657 reads
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
696 reads
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)
1,934 reads
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)
3,243 reads
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
1,181 reads
Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
Forums
SSRS Reminded Me of the Time Microsoft Retired TMG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SSRS Reminded Me of the...
Getting results from a Procedure to join to a query
I have a need to execute a stored procedure and return the results to...
Upgrade 2016 Standard to 2022 Express
Title pretty much says it all - can this be done? I've tried several...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT II
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37 4 NULLWhat is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 4;See possible answers