Hello Dear Reader! My lastest blog on our Azure FastTrack blog for Microsoft is live, Monitoring Deadlocks in Azure SQL Managed Instance. Here's a little from the blog:To paraphrase Annie,...
2023-05-10 (first published: 2023-05-02)
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This is part of a series of new job blog posts. You can find them all here. As a DBA, the first six weeks on the job can be...
2023-05-10 (first published: 2023-05-01)
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Hello Dear Reader! I've realized something writting this blog. I don't like to sit still. It is very rare that I have a down weekend, and this weekend was...
2023-05-01
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In my previous post, we explored the basics of creating First Azure Data Factory. Today, I want to delve deeper into the process of creating and configuring pipelines within...
2023-05-15 (first published: 2023-05-01)
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What is Azure Resource Group? Azure Resource Group is a powerful feature that enables effective organization and management of resources in the Azure cloud. A Resource Group is a...
2023-05-01
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What Is Azure Data Factory? Azure Data Factory (ADF) is a cloud-based PaaS data integration solution that provides a fully managed, serverless environment for ingesting, preparing, and transforming your...
2023-05-08 (first published: 2023-05-01)
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Azure SQL Database is a cloud-based database service that offers scalability and flexibility to handle large workloads. It’s based on Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine and provides a managed...
2023-04-30
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“Work Smarter, not Harder” We’ve all heard it before, pretty much any job, anywhere. In our DBA slice of the IT world, this is very relevant to how we...
2023-05-08 (first published: 2023-04-28)
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At Redgate, we’ve spent a lot of time adding PostgreSQL functionality to our DevOps tools. We’ve also hired an advocate, Ryan Booz, to help us spread the word and...
2023-04-26
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The schedule for EightKB 2023 Edition has been announced! We’re kicking off at 1pm UTC on May the 24th…here’s the schedule: – N.B. – If you click on the...
2023-04-26
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By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database...
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
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In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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