SQL Server Filtered Index Essentials Guide
Learn about using filtered indexes for SQL Server tables and some of the potential issues you might be faced with when using a filtered index.
Ingest and Retrieve data from an ADX Cluster Using Python
Learn how to query data in Azure Data Explorer using Python.
The DBAccountant
Are DBAs going to be responsible for financial accounting for cloud resources as a part of their job? Steve has a few thoughts today.
Snake draft sorting in SQL Server, part 2
In my previous post, I showed how to borrow a snake draft concept from fantasy football, or a packing technique from the shipping industry, to distribute different portions of a workload to run in parallel.
Take Care
The world seems to be proceeding through some stuff at the moment. IT and our industry as a whole, equally seems to be going through some stuff. As such, allow this oldster to offer some advice: Take care of yourself. I know, I'm the same, you may have responsibilities for others. You need to take […]
Database Dashboards in Azure Data Studio
Azure Data Studio (ADS) is a lightweight IDE built on Visual Studio Code. I've written a few articles on how the tool works, and this one continues the series. In this article, I want to look at the database dashboards and how you can customize them. The other articles in this series on ADS works […]
The On-Call Load
Today Steve asks about on-call responsibility for you and how you view this as part of your job, or in your job search.
Managing Failed Pipeline Runs in Azure Data Factory
In this article, we look at how to setup different ways to handle pipeline failures and notifications when working with Azure and Azure Data Factory.
Action Over Knowledge
A big part of success is making an effort. Steve discusses the need to do things and not passively let life pass you by.
Metadata Driven Pipelines – Data Engineering with Fabric
This article explains metadata driven pipelines and shows an example in Microsoft Fabric.
Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Analysis Services Model w/ Direct Query and (Default Veritpaq)
Analysis Services (either the integrated workspace in Power BI or on a SQL Server)...
Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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