Azure Databricks and Azure Key Vault
The key vault should always be a core component of your Azure design because we can store keys, secrets, certicates thus abstract / hide the true connection string within...
2020-10-28
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Why I am running for the PASS Board in 2020
This blog post lists the reasons why I felt the need to run for a 2 year term.
2020-10-29 (first published: 2020-10-27)
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Blog Refresh – Growing Readers
Happy Tuesday everyone… In early 2017 I started blogging on this site in hopes of sharing new technology I was learning. The first post was as you could guess,...
2020-10-27
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Daily Coping 27 Oct 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-10-27
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How do I test if a linked server works using T-SQL?
I get that linked servers are almost as despised as the dreaded cursor or (lord save us) NOLOCK, but they ... Continue reading
2020-10-29 (first published: 2020-10-27)
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Power BI Monthly Digest – October 2020
In this month’s Power BI Digest Matt and I will again guide you through some of the latest and greatest Power BI updates this month.
2020-10-30 (first published: 2020-10-26)
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Daily Coping 26 Oct 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-10-26
21 reads
Using Managed Identities to authenticate Function Apps
I have a video detailing how to use Managed Identities to authenticate function apps in Azure.
2020-10-26
12 reads
Welcome to 3Cloud …
A little over a month ago, Pragmatic Works Consulting was a part of a merger that included 3Cloud and Applied Cloud Services over a period of a few months....
2020-10-23
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Welcome to 3Cloud …
A little over a month ago, Pragmatic Works Consulting was a part of a merger that included 3Cloud and Applied Cloud Services over a period of a few months....
2020-10-30 (first published: 2020-10-23)
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Blogs
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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