There is Now A Delete Activity in Data Factory V2!

Data Factory can be a great tool for cloud and hybrid data integration. But since its inception, it was less...

Writing my presentation part 1: The brainstorm/dump

For this session, I’m relying on a mixture of previous blog posts and new material/demos that I’ll have to write....

Can you speak at my User Group or Conference? No? Sweet As – can you help people register please?

This blog post is not going to be a technical one…. but it’s about technology – well more accurately about bringing...

Midlands #PASS April Meeting with Matt Gordon (@SQLatSpeed)

Midlands PASS in Columbia, SC, will be hosting Matt Gordon (website | twitter) for our next meeting, which is scheduled for...

Canadian SQL Saturday speaking events

I am pleased to announce that I will be speaking at two separate SQL Saturdays in March and April of...

Pushing SQL Change Automation Code to Azure DevOps

Making changes on your own system for a SQL Change Automation project is great, but if you’re the only one...

Disabling and enabling triggers

I tend to feel that a lot of people who use triggers don’t really understand them. That said, every now...

How Your Hypervisor Can Impact Your CPU

Recently I had a client complain of chronic high CPU utilization. The performance of their SQL Server had degraded, and...

Tokenization of database project in SSDT

SSDT project has something we call Variables. On the Internet (posts, forums) they also are known as placeholders or tokens,...

#DataInDevon – Getting up to speed with PowerShell or spend a day with one of four other MVPs :-)

Saturday 27th April is Global Azure Bootcamp day
What’s Global Azure Bootcamp?
The website says it best

…. communities will come together once...