Update an Azure SQL Data Mart with ADLS files
In this tip we learn how to update the Azure SQL Data Mart in an automated way.
Cloning SQL Server Instances with Containers
Learn how containers and WinDocks can be used to quickly provision copies of databases.
How to Linux for SQL Server DBAs — Part 3
DBAs running SQL Server on Linux will not only need to understand SQL Server security well, they will also need to understand how security works on Linux. In this article, Kellyn Pot'Vin-Gorman walks you through several examples, explaining the permissions and ownership of files and directories in Linux.
Understanding Peer-to-Peer Transactional Replication, Part 2
As the Peer-to-Peer series continues, we set up an example topology in Peer-to-Peer Transactional replication and test it.
Have Availability Groups Gotten Easier Lately?
2018 is coming to an end, and AGs have been out for 6 years. They're stable now, right?
Porting SQLServerCentral
Steve talks about the project underway to port the SQLServerCentral codebase.
Building a Collaborative Platform to Speed up Data Analysis
In this article, Feodor demonstrates the architecture, workflow, and some of the challenges of a collaborative platform (cloud foundation) for speeding up enterprises in their search for analytical power. He uses an example from the EA Billing solution, which was presented in the previous articles of the series.
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Monday Monitor Tips: Oracle Custom Metrics
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Walking Through a Planned Failover: SQL Server Always On Availability Groups on Kubernetes
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Reading SQL Server File Headers with DBCC FILEHEADER
I’ve been doing a deep dive into SQL Server on-disk structures lately, and one...
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The Vector Data Type
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