Understanding Your Database
Steve notes that many of us might not completely understand every part of our database, but it's information that can be helpful in cleaning out unnecessary entities.
2019-04-10
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Editorial
Code Building Code
Using code to help you write code is a time honored tradition in software development.
2019-04-09
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You're not really that good at SQL Server
Steve reminds some people that there are reasons to continue to improve your skills.
2019-04-08
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Azure Data Explorer
Azure Data Explorer is a platform from Microsoft that might be an interesting fit
2019-04-05
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2019-04-04
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I'm In Charge of Books Online
Today Steve has an announcement about his role in moving Books Online forward.
2019-04-01
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Containers Are The Present, Not the Future
Last week was the MVP Summit. This year included a bunch of very technical discussions about some of the future of the Microsoft Data Platform (a big thank you goes to Slava Oks, Bob Ward, and all the team for a great job). I can’t share much since it was all under NDA. All I […]
2019-03-30
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Trunk Based Database Development
Trunk based development is what many of us do with shared database servers.
2019-03-29
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Giving Computers Ethics
There is a need to ensure we decide what ethics a computer system ought to have.
2019-03-27
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No More SQL Server Installs
Today, Steve wonders when we'll stop installing SQL Server on a host machine.
2019-03-26
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Blogs
The Azure-SSIS IR Startup Time
If you want to run SSIS packages in Azure Data Factory, you need the...
What is a container anyway?
Recently there was a thread on Twitter which established that a lot of IT...
Comparing Execution Plans
When you run a query twice, and get dramatically different run times, your first...
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