Test Data Management – 2024 is your year to do it
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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The Hybrid DBA's Blog
Interview around DevOps, Data, AI and Microsoft Fabric
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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Goals for 2024
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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DevOps: It’s About the Team, Not Just the Tech
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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KQL Series – KQL the next query language you need to learn – a video from Data Exposed
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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KQL Series – enough writing – some talking
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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KQL Series – some DevOps things: Provisioning using ARM templates (dedicated to Scott)
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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KQL Series – Kusto Engine V3 – let’s make stuff go faster
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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KQL Series – some DevOps things: Provisioning using Powershell
If you have read any of my last few posts on provisioning Azure Data Explorer then you will probably be wondering….. Will he write about Powershell? Ok, I will....
2023-04-03 (first published: 2023-03-20)
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KQL Series – some DevOps things: Provisioning using Azure CLI
I can’t really write about provisioning anything in Azure without mentioning Azure CLI.My last two posts were about using terraform and bicep Here we will be using the Azure...
2023-03-20
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Blogs
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
By ReviewMyDB
Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab....
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident
By SQLPals
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident SQL...
Forums
does anyone used https://github.com/ktaranov/sqlserver-kit
Could you please let me know if anyone is used https://github.com/ktaranov/sqlserver-kit github for deployment...
How Can Database Performance Improve the Overall Website Experience?
I’ve been looking into ways to improve the connection between a website and its...
When And How to Automate?
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Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas II
How many Azure SQL DB Hyperscale HA replicas can be configured as of Sept 2026?
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