Eight Azure SQL configurations you may have missed
Azure SQL Database has been around for over ten years and is constantly evolving with new capabilities and options. Dennes Torres explains 8 features and best practices of Azure SQL Database.
Join us at SQLBits, March 8-12
SQLBits is back online and in-person from March 8-12 and this year they’re taking us all to the Arcade! Register to get access to our exclusive pre-con and conference sessions run by Grant Fritchey, Kathi Kellenberger, and Steve Jones, as they talk database. And get a 10% discount code when you register using REDGATE274.
Less is More
In some ways the world changes a lot; in others, it's very much the same. Steve notes that often change brings opportunities, if you can adapt.
Can Continuous Compliance Automation transform data protection in your organization?
Continuous Compliance Automation aims strike a balance between baking compliance requirements into daily operations, and business demands for speed and agility. Redgate's Security Lead, will be joined by a panel of peers to discuss this mindset change and the impact it can have on your organization.
Power BI Designing with Diagrams
In this article learn about how to use the new diagram view along with a schema view in Power BI to make Power Query online editing easier on report designers.
Another look at table variables
Becoming overly enthusiastic about a new SQL Server feature can backfire if you don’t do some testing. One example is the table variable introduced with SQL Server 2000. At the time, there was a myth that table variables would always perform better than temp tables with the reasoning that, by definition, variables are stored in […]
Chaos Engineering in Azure
Chaos engineering is all about breaking your application. Let us see what it is all about and how easy it is in Azure.
The Usefulness of Database Features
The features we want and get in a database platform can make our job easier or harder. Steve has a few thoughts on how they should work.
Frustrated with your database monitoring challenges?
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Question of the Day
Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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