ASF 024 video invitation
I’m happy to announce that the next episode of “Ask SQL Family” podcast is coming. This time our guest is an amazing woman, not only in AI and Power...
2019-07-19
8 reads
Connecting Azure Databricks to Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) Gen2 Part 2
This post is part two in a three-part series that addresses how to use
Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) Gen2 as external storage with Azure
Databricks. It builds on...
2019-07-19
102 reads
Connecting Azure Databricks to Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) Gen2 Part 2
This post is part two in a three-part series that addresses how to use
Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) Gen2 as external storage with Azure
Databricks. It builds on...
2019-07-19
14 reads
Connecting Azure Databricks to Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) Gen2 Part 2
This post is part two in a three-part series that addresses how to use
Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) Gen2 as external storage with Azure
Databricks. It builds on...
2019-07-19
158 reads
Life Support 2008 – Audit Logons
Planning to upgrade/migrate requires a fair amount of prep work. Some of that prep work involves auditing your server for any users that may still be using the instance.
Related...
2019-07-17
12 reads
Life Support 2008 – Audit Logons
Planning to upgrade/migrate requires a fair amount of prep work. Some of that prep work involves auditing your server for any users that may still be using the instance.
Related...
2019-08-09 (first published: 2019-07-17)
284 reads
All the signs were there, but we didn’t understand them: an essay on gatekeeping in IT
This is the first in a series of posts about gatekeeping in Information Technology and other fields. I am not the first — nor will I be the last...
2019-07-17
54 reads
None of the IP addresses configured for the availability group listener can be hosted by the server Either configure a public cluster network 19456
Requirement: Remove a node from one of...
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2019-07-17
126 reads
Investigating Azure Databricks
At SQL Saturday #884 – Pensacola, I dropped into Rodney Ladrum’s session on Azure Databricks (ADB) and the Traditional DBA. I had heard a bit about Databricks, and read...
2019-07-17
59 reads
Understanding Columnstore Indexes in SQL Server Part 3
My last two blogs were on understanding columnstore and creating columnstore indexes. In this post, I will touch on one last topic, when to use columnstore indexes. As noted...
2019-08-05 (first published: 2019-07-17)
651 reads
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