Azure Data Studio - A First Look
See a first look at Azure Data Studio from Kenneth Igiri and read about his impressions.
Gigging for a Career
The idea of working on just projects is tailor made for a data professional. Or is it?
It’s Probably Time to Upgrade Your Cloud VMs
If you’ve been in Azure or Amazon for a few years, you’re probably on old, slow hardware.
Security in the cloud: Whose responsibility is it?
While the cloud is recognized as more secure than on-premises servers and infrastructures, it does come with the often talked about shared responsibility model. Cloud providers are responsible for security ‘of’ the cloud, while their clients are responsible for security ‘in’ the cloud. Find out more in this Q&A with Dustin Dorsey
No Degree Needed
Steve doesn't think you need a degree to work in technology and more companies agree with this all the time.
The PASS Data Community Summit First Timer Guide
The 2023 First-Timer guide to the PASS Data Community Summit is available from Edwin Sarmiento
Time-Series Data Analysis with Apache Druid
Learn the basics of Apache Druid and how it can be used to ingest data into a data lake.
Is your organization using MongoDB? Help the Redgate Flyway team understand your pain points
Is MongoDB in use within your organization? The Flyway development team is adding MongoDB support into Flyway and would like to better understand the current pain points. If you are able help, or are interested in finding out more, please participate in our 5-minute survey.
Using Notebooks in Azure Data Studio
Learn how to use the notebook feature of Azure Data Studio to keep a set of queries together with some documentation.
Blogs
Tooling for Success: The Best FinOps Tools and Technologies
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps person, I know that to make FinOps successful, you need more...
From Planning to Practice: Setting Up Your FinOps Framework
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As someone who works in DevOps, I’m always focused on creating systems that are...
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
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Question of the Day
Restoring On Top II
I have a database, DNRTest, that has a number of tables and other objects in it. The other day, I was trying to mock up a test and ran this code on the same server:
-- run yesterday CREATE DATABASE DNRTest2 GO USE DNRTest2 GO CREATE TABLE NewTable (id INT) GOToday, I realize that I need a copy of DNRTest for another mockup, and I run this:
-- run today USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest2 FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens? See possible answers