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[Free Webinar] Learn about the disaster recovery options available for SQL Server – backups, log shipping, Availability Groups, clustering, and how to select the best and most cost-efficient disaster recovery strategy for you based on your business and te
Author: Edwin M Sarmiento
In this tip we show how real-time data can be ingested and processed, using the Spark Structured Streaming functionality in Azure Synapse Analytics.
Author: Fikrat Azizov
In this article we cover some interesting facts about the SQL Server TempDB database that could be useful to know.
Author: Sergey Gigoyan
In this article we walk through how to connect to Azure SQL Database using Azure Active Directory authentication along with multi-factor authentication.
Author: Rajendra Gupta
In this tip we cover some interesting and good-to-know features of SSIS that you should be aware of and using.
Author: Koen Verbeeck
Learn how to create a customizable calendar date table that can be used for Power BI reports using Power Query.
Author: Kenneth A. Omorodion
In this article we cover how to connect to an AWS S3 bucket, read a specific file from a list of objects stored in S3, import the data and convert the raw data into Pandas data frame using Python for structured analysis.
Author: Prashant Tyagi
Learn about storage monitoring and storage performance for your SQL Server environment with Storage Resource Monitor.
Author: K. Brian Kelley
In this article we will learn how to create a basic Azure Cosmos DB Account, create a Cosmos DB linked service and aggregate and query Cosmos DB data with Spark from a Synapse Workspace notebook.
Author: Ron L'Esteve
In this article we look at how to securely store data in text files that could be used for SQL Server authentication or wherever you need to keep data secure.
Author: Jeffrey Yao
Learn how setup, configure and deploy reports for SQL Server Reporting Services running on Amazon RDS for SQL Server.
Author: Sadequl Hussain
Learn about the differences and similarities when deleting data from SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL with the several examples in this article.
Author: Andrea Gnemmi
In this article we cover how to enable SQL Server Change Tracking at the column level and identify records for which specific column values changed.
Author: Jim Evans
SolarWinds SAM provides a one-stop method to easily and seamlessly implement a top tier monitoring and reporting system for your SQL Servers and entire infrastructure.
Author: Scott Murray
In this article we look at the different SQL syntax you need to use when inserting data into tables for SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL.
Author: Andrea Gnemmi
In this tip we cover some interesting features of SQL Server Data Tools to use when working on database projects.
Author: Koen Verbeeck
Learn about how SQL Monitor saves significant time for operational tasks and performance monitoring for large SQL Server environments with instances on premises, in the cloud, running in virtualized environments, clusters, and Availability Groups.
Author: Jeremy Kadlec
In this article we look at various ways to concatenate SQL Server data using the + sign as well as concat and concat_ws.
Author: Rajendra Gupta
Geographic coordinates can be useful for tracking the geographical location of items and in this article we cover how this data can be stored and queried using a SQL Server database.
Author: Rick Dobson
Moving SQL Server from an on-premises data center to a public cloud such as AWS can enable your business to be more agile and more responsive to changing market requirements and customer needs.
Author: SIOS
End to End Monitoring | Health | Availability - I need to monitor the SQL Server instances in my environment and our IT team has a need to monitor the health and availability of our overall environment. We need to understand the issues in the environment at a high level, prioritize our findings then drill into issues in order to correct them. Ideally we would like to have a single tool for the DBA, Development and Systems teams to use.
Author: Jeremy Kadlec
Learn how to build a unique constraint over multiple columns in a SQL Server table using computed columns or using a trigger.
Author: Aaron Bertrand
