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Microsoft Fabric shortcuts

I talked about Microsoft Fabric shortcuts in my blog post Microsoft Fabric – the great unifier (where I have updated the picture with the newest supported sources) and wanted...

2024-05-15 (first published: )

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Data Mesh Topologies

As a follow up to my blog Common Data Mesh exceptions, I wanted to discuss various types of data mesh topologies I am seeing being built. I put them...

2024-02-19 (first published: )

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Common Data Mesh exceptions

When it comes to data meshes that have been constructed or are currently under development, I have not observed any instances where the four core data mesh principles have...

2024-01-22 (first published: )

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The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection

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I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...

10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives

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Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...

The Book of Redgate: Evidence

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We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...

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A Challenge of Our Knowledge

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The memory toll of VARCHAR(MAX) in SQL Server

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Transaction Log Truncation

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Transaction Log Truncation

In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?

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