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SQL On The Edge #3 – Azure Elastic Database Jobs
Hello and welcome to episode number three of SQL On the Edge! In this episode we’re going to cover Azure SQL elastic database jobs. In the last few months, Microsoft has put a lot of effort in...
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SQL On The Edge #4 – SQL 2016 Stretch Database
As the Microsoft SQL Server team continues to build very interesting integrations between the full SQL Server box product we all know and the Azure cloud platform. Stretch database is another...
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SQL Server 2005? It’s The Final Countdown!
As I sit here typing this blog post in my home, we are 145 days or more accurately about 3480 hours until April 12, 2016. That is the date when Extended Support for SQL Server 2005 will be done. Over....
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SQL On The Edge #6 – SQL Always Encrypted
Security is on everyone’s mind these days in the IT (and the real) world. Either because they’re dealing with compliance, risks or mitigation, etc. at work or because they just saw on the news yet...
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SQL On The Edge #9 – Azure SQL Database Threat Detection
Despite being well documented for several years now, every now and then we still run into clients that have bad experiences because of SQL injection attacks. If you’re not familiar, a SQL injection...
View ArticleBeginner’s Guide to Azure SQL Data Warehouse
UPDATE: I have published a 90 minutes course on Pluralsight that goes over the fundamentals of Azure SQL Data Warehouse and has demos of provisioning, designing, loading and monitoring the system. The...
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SQL On The Edge #10 – SQL 2016 Columnstore Improvements
SQL Server 2016 hit general availability on June 1st 2016 and comes with a big set of new features and improvements. From built-in JSON support to mobile and tablet friendly Reporting Services, as...
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How to Choose the Right Cloud Provider and Solution
Once you’ve tackled the challenge of understanding if you should move to the public cloud, you’re faced with the next big question: which cloud provider and solution will meet my business’ needs? There...
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SQL On The Edge #11 – Azure Data Lake Fundamentals
It is no secret that we are generating increasing amounts of data every day. Hundreds of apps on our phones that we carry with us every day, amass a collection of data from connected devices. Hundreds...
View ArticleGoals for my Clients in 2017
Hello 2017! Well that went by quick, didn’t it? As I’m typing this blog post it’s already November 2016 and it’s time to look forward to our plans for 2017. With that in mind, I’m going to outline the...
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