Five Mistakes Performance Tuners Make
Erik Darling explains why your queries aren't scaling in production.
Azure DWH part 15: PolyBase and Azure Data Lake
In this article, we will learn how to query a csv file stored in the Data Lake using PolyBase.
Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB is the latest data service offering from Microsoft. Azure Cosmos DB is a super set of DocumentDB and provides a new set of capabilities. These capabilities make Azure Cosmos DB stand out from other members in the NoSQL database family.
SQL Server in Space - HASSP
A successful launch, and recovery, of SQL Server running below a balloon.
Time Traveling with Temporal Tables on SQL Server 2016
One of the new features of SQL Server 2016 is the ability to time travel in your databases and visit a specific table at a specific point of time in history. You can also use this feature to audit changes or “undo” whole data warehouse updates.
Protecting production data in non-production environments
In this article, Grant Fritchey looks at the need to ‘shift left’ the database and associated database testing, while keeping sensitive data secure when it is outside the production...
Statistics in SQL: The Mann–Whitney U test
Phil Factor shows how to use the Mann-Whitney U test in SQL to to find out whether two samples come from the same distribution.
Improving Log Shipping
Today Steve Jones looks at possible ways to improve log shipping and asks for your input as well.
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Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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