Use Logic Apps To Save Money In Azure: Data Engineering in Fabric
This next article looks at how a Logic App in Azure can start and stop various database services and save money.
Enhancing SQL Server Searches with Elasticsearch and Python
Learn how to get started with Elasticsearch with data in your SQL Server database.
The Role of Databases in the Era of AI
Steve has a few thoughts on how AIs change the role of databases.
Azure Managed Instance Download and Restore SQL Server Backup
Create an SQL Server backup for an Azure Managed Instance that you can download and restore on another SQL Server instance.
Serverless Gets Faster
In Azure SQL Database serverless edition, we get an upgrade to our configuration.
Adding new files to a log-shipped database (SQL Spackle)
Freshly minted MCM Wayne Sheffield fills a log shipping crack that could otherwise cause you to re-initialize your log shipping.
Everything is Code
The executives at CrowdStrike testify before the US Congress, noting their software development process needs work.
Database Sharding: Strategies for Seamless Scaling and Performance Optimization
Companies of all sizes and across industries are struggling to cope with an explosion of data never before seen in the short history of computing. As applications reach new levels of sophistication and become deeply interconnected, these companies find themselves increasingly overworked, overheated, and at their wits’ end, desperately trying to squeeze just a bit more performance and availability out of their aging database architectures.
PASS Summit 2025 Dates
You heard it here first, PASS Data Community Summit will return to Seattle next year! Save the date, as PASS Summit will take place in person at Summit, Seattle Convention Center, from November 17-21, 2025!
Keep. It. Simple.
How simple should software development be? Steve notes it can be simple, but not too simple.
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A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
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