Monitoring - Level 6 of the Stairway to SQL Server on Linux

In this level of the Stairway to Linux, learn how to use the TIG stack to monitor your SQL Server instance on Linux.

How Many Databases Can You Name?

How many different database applications exist? Many people can name the most common ones such as MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle. Most good DBAs and programmers could likely rattle off a dozen different databases is you asked them to.

Adding a Database with Polybase External Tables to Always On Availability Group

Learn how to ensure your PolyBase objects are accessible from all nodes in an Availability Group.

Enriching Your Life

As I was looking to build career goals for the new year, I think mostly about technical topics. That makes sense, given my focus and job, but I ran across an interesting thread on Hacker News that asked about skills to work on in 2020, and not necessarily technical ones. I did find it interesting […]

Implementing a Data Quality Monitoring Framework

For any Business Intelligence solution to be useful for analytical and decision-making purposes, it is imperative that the underlying data quality is good so, that reports generated are reliable to make business decisions. This article from Imran Quadri Syed walks the through steps involved to implement a successful Data Quality Monitoring framework that would validate incoming data against predefined data quality rules and capture data quality metrics.

Building Better Software for Everyone

Building better software might be a bit more work when we consider ensuring everyone can use our work.

How to Move System Databases to a New Physical Directory

What is the easiest way to move SQL Server system databases. Let me walk you through it!

Learning New Skills

It’s a great time to learn a new skill or improve your existing skills if you have the extra bandwidth while staying at home.

New release: SQL Clone 4.4 supports your Database DevOps process

How SQL Clone 4.4 enables fast onboarding for Database DevOps

The latest version of SQL Clone showcases new integrations with our DevOps tooling. Join Microsoft MVP, Kendra Little, to learn more about how cloning technology can enhance your Database DevOps process.

The Build Book of News

Every year Microsoft has held the Build conference for developers. I've been lucky enough to go a few times, and I was hoping to get the chance to attend again. With the pandemic, the entire event went virtual, and was held across 48 continuous hours. I was slightly disappointed as a few sessions I wanted […]