Overview of Azure Cosmos DB
Cosmos DB is Microsoft’s highly scalable, NoSQL database platform running in Azure. It supports four API models, including Key-Value pair and Documents. Pushpa Sekhara provides an overview of Cosmos DB, including some best practices to improve performance.
Microsoft and Minecraft and Training Kids
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren, looking at learning.
Types of SQL Server Temporary Tables
In this series of tips we will look at different ways using temporary data in SQL Server along with examples. In this first part we will cover some reasons for doing this and different types of temporary data stores.
Where Do You End Up as a DBA?
Steve Jones talks about careers, and where you might take your career over time.
Importing Data into Azure SQL Database
Data imports represent some of the more commonly performed database management tasks. Learn about a number of traditional SQL Server data import techniques that you can leverage when importing data into Azure SQL Database.
Communicate Smarter Not More
After installing Microsoft Teams, Steve has a bit of communication overload.
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Using the FILTER Function in DAX
In the previous article of this series, Andy Brown of Wise Owl Training explained how to use the oh-so-important CALCULATE function in DAX to make changes to the default filter context within a formula. This article shows how you can use the FILTER function to do something similar and explains the differences between the two approaches.
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Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
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For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
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The Power of Data and Privacy
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Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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