SQL Server Tips, Articles and Training

Build Polymorphic Associations in SQL Server with Foreign Keys

Learn about polymorphic associations in SQL Server and how to relate a foreign key reference to multiple SQL Server tables.

Manage Azure Data Factory pipelines in Microsoft Fabric

Learn how to manage Azure Data Factory pipelines in Microsoft Fabric for centralization and ease of management.

Import PDF into SQL Server

This article explores importing form data from a PDF file into a SQL Server database using a Visual Basic Windows Forms App.

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Calculating Costs for Microsoft SQL Server

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Auditing and Compliance

SOC 2 Audits to Analyze Policies, Procedures and Technology for Data Protection

Learn about SOC 2 audits, which analyze a company's policies, procedures, and technology to protect its data and how it impacts the DBA.

Application Development

Microservices Architecture Challenges and Solutions

Learn about the challenges and solutions for applications when moving towards a microservices architecture for development and deployment.

Restore

Automatically Generate Restore Database SQL Server Scripts

How to automatically generate SQL Server RESTORE database commands for a set of databases based on the backup file contents.

Database Administration

Change Management for DBAs to Install and Track Database Changes

This article covers change management processes for DBAs for installing and tracking database changes in a production environment.

Microsoft Fabric

Modernize a Traditional SQL Server Architecture with Fabric

This article uncovers some of the benefits of modernizing a traditional SQL Server architecture with Fabric and its current limitations.

Python

Data Visualization with Python Matplotlib

Learn about data visualization using Python matplotlib to create a line chart, bar chart, histogram, pie chart, scatter plot, and box plot.

Database Design

GUID in SQL Server​

This tip's objective is to present and describe several T-SQL examples for creating, using, and analyzing GUIDs and assessing their uniqueness.

Artificial Intelligence

Naive Bayes Model for Machine Learning and AI

This tip introduces the Naïve Bayes Model and how to implement it with Python for AI and Machine Learning.

Microsoft Fabric

Convert Excel Workbooks to CSV with Microsoft Fabric

Learn how to convert a list of Excel files to CSV and move them to a separate folder with a Data Factory pipeline in Fabric's Data Lake.

Error Handling

SQL RAISERROR to Better Handle Errors

Learn how and why to use RAISERROR in your SQL Server code to be able to better handle errors that may occur during code execution.

Python

Introduction to Creating Interactive Data Visualizations with Python matplotlib in VS Code

In this tip, we present a step-by-step guide on how to present your data interactively using matplotlib and Python in VS Code.

SQL Server Management Studio Configuration

SQL Server Management Studio Dark Mode

Learn how to configure SQL Server Management Studio to use dark mode in this step by step article.

Tutorial

SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Deployment Utility

The deployment utility can be used to create an SSIS package installer.

Tutorial

Designing a Cube

We will start our SSAS development with the creation of database dimensions.

Tutorial

SQL Server Reporting Services 2017 Installation and Configuration

In this tutorial, learn about how to configure SSRS 2017 and about SSRS development tools.

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Secrets to Fast, Easy High Availability for SQL Server in Amazon Web Services

Learn how to quickly build a two-node HA cluster for SQL Server in the AWS cloud.

Webcast

Development Best Practices for SQL Server

Learn about development best practices for SQL Server in this webinar.

Webcast

Reduce Cost for SQL Server Workloads on AWS using Optimize CPUs Feature

Learn how to reduce the cost of running SQL Server on Amazon EC2 while increasing the price performance by using the Optimize CPUs feature on Amazon E