A personal retrospective on founding and leading the SQLPort user group for SQL Server and Microsoft Data Platform over its first decade.
Explores methods for automatically deleting old SQL Server backup files stored in Azure Blob Storage, comparing tools like SQL Agent and Azure Automation.
A guide to integrating data from MSSQL linked servers into Entity Framework Core applications using database views.
Explains the evolution and technical details of striping SQL Server backups to Azure Blob Storage, covering performance improvements and limitations.
Announcement of a technical workshop on SQL Server Columnstore Indexes, covering versions, features, and practical techniques.
Explores SQL Server 2019's session context functions and their unexpected impact on query parallel execution plans.
Explains limitations of ONLINE rebuild for Rowstore indexes on tables with Columnstore Indexes in older SQL Server versions (2016, 2017).
A technical guide on setting up and using a Linked Server in SQL Server to query data from a MySQL database.
Announcement of a pre-conference workshop on SQL Server Columnstore Indexes at SQLSaturday Cincinnati, covering versions, batch mode, and Azure Synapse features.
Overview of new Database Scoped Configurations in SQL Server 2019, including VERBOSE_TRUNCATION_WARNINGS and LAST_QUERY_PLAN_STATS.
Announcing a SQLBits 2020 workshop on migrating, optimizing, and running SQL Server workloads on Azure Virtual Machines.
Announcement for a full-day workshop on SQL Server Columnstore Indexes at SQLSaturday Vienna 2020, covering practical techniques across multiple versions.
A technical tutorial on streaming data from SQL Server to Snowflake using Kafka and Kafka Connect with Debezium for CDC.
Analyzes the current state and future of SQL Server's In-Memory OLTP technology, highlighting new features in SQL Server 2019 and persistent limitations.
Explores SQL Server's Memory-Optimized TempDB Metadata feature, which reduces contention by moving system tables into memory, with a performance test demonstration.
Explains SQL Server 2019's new support for creating database snapshots that include in-memory (Hekaton) filegroups, a previously unsupported feature.
Explains the new Resumable TDE Scan feature in SQL Server 2019 and Azure SQL Database, detailing its commands and benefits for system availability.
Summary of key new features in SQL Server 2019 Standard Edition, including Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and performance enhancements.
Explores compatibility of Columnstore Indexes with new features in SQL Server 2019, including Approximate Distinct Count and Scalar UDF Inlining.
Explores the preview feature of ordered Clustered Columnstore Indexes in Azure SQL Data Warehouse, testing syntax and performance benefits.
