Azure Data Architecture Guide (ADAG)
The Azure Data Architecture Guide has just been released! Check it out: http://aka.ms/ADAG
Think of it as a menu or syllabus for...
2018-02-15
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Azure Data Architecture Guide (ADAG)
The Azure Data Architecture Guide has just been released! Check it out: http://aka.ms/ADAG
Think of it as a menu or syllabus for...
2018-02-15
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Saving Costs in Azure
Nobody wants to waste money and being in the cloud is no exception! Luckily for us Azure is very efficient...
2018-02-27 (first published: 2018-02-15)
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Synonyms, how and why.
Did you know SQL Server has a thing called a synonym? It’s not something you see used very often even...
2018-02-26 (first published: 2018-02-15)
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Execute Multiple Files Using SQLCMD/SQLClient – Which Is Faster?
Hello!
I’ve been working on a PowerShell module that will migrate the schema of an Azure Data Warehouse from one database...
2018-02-26 (first published: 2018-02-15)
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Migrating or Recovering a TDE protected Database
When encrypting a database with Transparent Data Encryption(TDE), a vital consideration is to make sure we are prepared for the...
2018-02-14
537 reads
Join me for Masking, Privacy, Protection, and Clones at SQL in the City Feb 28
Registration is open for SQL in the City 2018. Our first event is Feb 28 and I’ll be heading back...
2018-02-14
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Why nested views are bad
Nested views are bad. Let’s get that out of the way. What is a nested view anyway? Imagine that you...
2018-02-14
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Performance Basics: Key lookup operator and query optimization
One of the most basic things to improve performance in our queries is using indexes, but this doesn't mean that...
2018-02-14
560 reads
Bloggers Should Have Reach
One of my goals for 2018 is to expand the reach of my blog.
As a blogger starting out I had...
2018-02-14
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Blogs
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
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