Getting data into Azure Blob Storage
If you have on-prem data and want to copy it to Azure Blob Storage in the cloud, what are all...
2015-09-17
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James Serra's Blog
Relational databases vs Non-relational databases
I see a lot of confusion about the place and purpose of the many new database solutions (“NoSQL databases”) compared...
2015-08-27
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Hadoop and Microsoft
In my Introduction to Hadoop I talked about the basics of Hadoop. In this post, I wanted to cover some of...
2015-08-12
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Analytics Platform System (APS) AU4 released
The Analytics Platform System (APS), which is a renaming of the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW), has just released an appliance update (AU4),...
2015-08-06
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Cortana Analytics Suite
Yesterday at the Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference in Orlando Microsoft announced the Cortana Analytics Suite, which is a new package...
2015-07-14
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Microsoft Azure Data Catalog
Just announced is the Microsoft Azure Data Catalog, which is an enterprise metadata catalog / portal for the self-service discovery of...
2015-07-10
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What is Polyglot Persistence?
Polyglot Persistence is a fancy term to mean that when storing data, it is best to use multiple data storage technologies,...
2015-07-01
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What is Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics?
Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics (ASA) is a fully managed cloud service for real-time processing of streaming data. ASA makes it easy...
2015-06-03
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How an MPP appliance solution can improve your future
Massive parallel processing (MPP) is the future for data warehousing.
So what is MPP? SQL Server is a Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) solution, which...
2015-05-27
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SQL Server 2016 public preview arriving this summer
SQL Server 2016 was recently announced. Top new features include:
Always Encrypted protects data at rest and in motion. With Always...
2015-05-20
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How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
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The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
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“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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