Generate Embeddings in SQL with Aurora and Bedrock

Most embedding pipelines on AWS have the same shape: a job reads rows out of the database, calls Amazon Bedrock, and writes the vectors back. That is a second...

Resolving SQL Server Transaction Log Issues Efficiently

Transaction log issues are one of the quietest ways a healthy database turns into an incident. A log file fills up, backups fall behind, and by the time anyone...

Adding an HTTP MCP Server to VSCode

I wrote earlier this week about the SQL MCP Server using the Data API Builder. In that post I showed how to query the MCP server from VSCode, but...

Microsoft announces new cybersecurity AI multi-model

Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included in that announcement were high level details about MDASH with MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, which is reported to...

Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running

If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The SQL MCP Server is a part of the Data API Builder (DAB). DAB is a...

Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations

Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against a local Azure SQL Database Developer container — the same engine as the cloud, running...

Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion

I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came to be. I decided that is a good topic to ramble about, so here goes....

Think Twice Before Enabling Fabric’s Inbound Network Protection

Fabric inbound network protection involves two tenant-level controls: Private Link and Block Public Internet Access. But enabling them disables several features.
The post Think Twice Before Enabling Fabric’s Inbound Network...

Match the Model to the Task, Not the App: An Orchestrator-Worker Pattern in Python

Most apps that call an LLM send every request to the same model. That works until the bill arrives.

A classification job that returns one word costs...

Advice I Like: Responsibility

“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not your responsibility.” – from Excellent Advice for Living I’ve worked with a lot of people...