Azure AD Authentication for Azure SQL Databases
In this article we walk through how to connect to Azure SQL Database using Azure Active Directory authentication along with multi-factor authentication.
2021-03-19
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Using Azure SQL Data Sync to Replicate Data
Learn how to setup and use Azure SQL Data Sync to synchronize and replicate data from various locations including Azure SQL Database, cloud and on-premises databases.
2021-03-02
Unlocking the “PASS Pro” Educational series
Thanks to the consent of the speakers, the expert-led educational training courses covering the following four topics: Data Modernization, Azure Migration, Azure Synapse, Azure SQL, are now available to all. You can watch the sessions and learn from a range of experts online, for free.
2021-03-17 (first published: 2021-03-01)
Azure Data Factory Pipeline Logging Error Details
In this article we will cover how to capture and persist Azure Data Factory pipeline errors to an Azure SQL Database table.
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Create Azure DevOps Analytics Visuals with Power BI OData Queries
This article focuses on the use of OData Queries to integrate DevOps Analytics data to Power BI.
2021-02-05
Azure Blob Storage Data Upload with SSIS
In this article we look at how to upload and download files from Azure Storage using SQL Server Integration Services.
2021-01-15
Azure SQL Database TDE Customer Managed Keys
In this tip we will go through the steps for setting up customer managed keys or Bring your own key (BYOK) to be used for transparent data encryption for an Azure SQL Database.
2020-12-08
Visualizing Azure Resource Metrics Data in Power BI
Learn the five steps to perform Azure resource reporting with Power BI in order to embed the reports in dashboards for stakeholders.
2020-11-23
Securing Secrets in Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps tasks often contain sensitive credentials and secrets that need to be appropriately secured and in this article I demonstrate how to implement different options.
2020-11-13
How to simulate Case statement in Azure Data Factory (ADF) compared with SSIS?
This post will describe how you use a CASE statement in Azure Data Factory (ADF). If you are coming from SSIS background, you know a piece of SQL statement will do the task. However let's see how do it in SSIS and the very same thing can be achieved in ADF. Problem statement For my […]
2020-11-12
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Sensitivity Ranks
I want to use the ADD SENSITIVITY CLASSIFICATION DDL to mark some columns in my SQL Server 2022 database as PII. Can I use this code?
ADD SENSITIVITY CLASSIFICATION TO dbo.sales.price,
dbo.sales.discount
WITH (
LABEL = 'Highly Confidential',
INFORMATION_TYPE = 'Financial',
RANK = 'INTERNAL ONLY'
); See possible answers