CosmosDB Change Feed Processing
This article was created to help readers understand CosmosDB change feed processing.
Overview of In-Memory Technologies of Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database offers a straightforward approach to controlling its performance through vertical scaling. Despite its simplicity, scaling up has obvious pricing implications and, while it is an online operation, it might result in rollback of in-flight transactions. If you are looking for a supplemental approach to enhancing performance, then you might want to consider implementing in-memory technologies which are part of the Azure SQL Database feature set.
Linear barcodes in SSRS using the Barcode Image Generation Library
The open source Barcode Image Generation Library enables insertion of twenty-seven different types of linear barcode symbols into SSRS reports without the use of barcode fonts.
November Data Platform Releases
At the PASS Summit, there are a few announcements of changes to the data platform.
Testing PowerShell Modules with Pester
In the third article of this series on testing PowerShell code with Pester, Robert Cain demonstrates how to test the functions in a PowerShell module.
Data Breach Danger
Is a data breach a danger to those identified in the data. A court says no, but Steve Jones wonders if this is a bad decision.
Unused Indexes - Are they really unused or have they just not been used YET?
Tara explains when index DMVs gets reset by telling a story from her dark past.
The Cost of Switching
With so many companies looking at other platforms, when should an organization consider changing their database? Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
Blogs
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
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A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
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Question of the Day
The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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