SQL Server 2016 is here!
Today is the day: SQL Server 2016 is available for download! You can download all the versions (enterprise, standard, web,...
2016-06-01
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James Serra's Blog
Azure Storage pricing
Azure storage is a great, inexpensive solution for storing your data in the cloud. There are many types of Azure...
2016-05-25
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Migrate from on-prem SQL server to Azure VM IaaS
Hopefully you went through my presentations Should I move my database to the cloud?, Introducing Azure SQL Database and Implement SQL Server on an...
2016-05-26 (first published: 2016-05-18)
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Azure Speed Testing
Have you ever wondered what Azure region would be the fastest to host your applications when those applications are accessed from your...
2016-05-11
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New Azure storage account type
In Azure, there previously has been only one kind of storage account, which is now called a “General Purpose” storage...
2016-05-04
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SQL Server 2016 available June 1st!
Woo hoo! Microsoft has announced that SQL Server 2016 will be generally available on June 1st. On that date all four...
2016-05-02
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Big Data architectures
Over the last few years I have been involved in reviewing the architectures of various companies that are building or have...
2016-05-12 (first published: 2016-04-29)
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Azure SQL Database pricing
Pricing Azure SQL database is difficult because various database service tier options such as database transaction units (DTU’s), max database size,...
2016-04-22
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Analytics Platform System (APS) AU5 released
The Analytics Platform System (APS), which is a renaming of the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW), has just released an appliance update (AU5),...
2016-04-14
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Scaling Azure VM’s
There are so many benefits to the cloud, but one of the major features is the ease of use in...
2016-04-05
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Blogs
The end of an era – why I chose not to renew my MVP
By DataOnWheels
Two years ago, two things happened within a few days of each other. I...
PowerShell Strikes Back: A New Script
By gbargsley
This is it. The final chapter of PowerShell Strikes Back. Over the past four...
Claude Desktop
By Arun Sirpal
Claude is more than a chat window. The desktop experience includes structured workspaces, generated...
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Unraveling the Mysteries of the Ephemeral Model: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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QUOTENAME Behavior
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Running script without having permission to Function
Good Morning. I have a T-SQL Script which has been developed to execute a...
Question of the Day
QUOTENAME Behavior
I use QUOTENAME() like this in code?
DECLARE @s VARCHAR(20) = 'Steve Jones' SELECT QUOTENAME(@s, '>')What is returned? See possible answers