Test Data Management (TDM) is essential in software development to ensure your application runs smoothly and reliably across different environments. When deploying applications in Azure, Test Data Management can...
2024-05-29 (first published: 2024-05-13)
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Are you looking to boost your skills and knowledge in Database DevOps, learn how to transition to the cloud, and work across multiple databases? Join me and fellow speakers/experts...
2024-05-01
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This blog post is about Test Data Management – or my take on it. I just saw that a video I did for my good mates at Redgate is...
2024-05-01 (first published: 2024-04-30)
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A few weeks ago I did an interiview with Nagaraj Venkatesan – a good friend of mine who works for Microsoft Singapore. You can watch video below – I...
2024-04-01 (first published: 2024-03-20)
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Way back in 2019 I set some goals…. well I wrote some goals and posted them here 2019 seems a lifetime ago…..that was the year I travelled 200,000 air...
2024-03-20
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In November 2023 I did a session at PASS Summit and one of my sessions was voted https://passdatacommunitysummit.com/about/news/have-you-watched-some-of-the-most-popular-sessions-from-summit-2023/ That session was called DevOps is about Growing People rather than...
2024-03-27 (first published: 2024-03-20)
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I love KQL so much I even made a video and if you compare it to my last blog post – yeah my hair has changed a bit…And my...
2023-04-07 (first published: 2023-03-20)
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I recently did a talk to the Data Platform Down Under User group and it covers a whole heap of stuff that I’ve written about in this series. Check...
2023-03-20
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I was talking to an ex-client earlier this week and he saw the drafts of my blog posts around DevOps infra-as-code spinning up Azure Data Explorer and he said...
2023-03-20
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In late March 2021 Azure Data Explorer Engine v3 was release and it is the latest version of the engine that powers Azure Data Explorer. It is designed to...
2023-03-20
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By Steve Jones
One of the language changes in SQL Server 2025 that I’ve seen a lot...
By Steve Jones
I hosted this month, but I decided to put my own entry in as...
By Chris Yates
I get asked a lot about why or how I began working with databases...
Hi experts, I’ve been going through several articles and videos about Columnstore indexes, but...
Recently stood up a 2022 Enterprise server. Have 8 publications with subscriptions on a...
Hey, I've not done a cube for many years but I find myself supporting...
I get a new SQL Server instance from my build team. How can I tell if the instance was installed using a slipstream installation later?
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