Fikrat Azizov

Fikrat Azizov (MCSE Data Platform and MCSE Azure Solutions Architect) has been working with SQL Server since 2002. Fikrat's main passions are SQL Server performance optimization, cloud data technologies and machine learning. Fikrat is currently working as a Solutions Architect at Slalom Canada.

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Azure	Automate Azure Analysis Services Model Refresh using Logic App - Part 2
Azure	Automate Azure Analysis Services Model Refreshes with Small, Medium and Large Tables using Logic App - Part 3
Azure	How to Apply Pivot Transformations to Spark Streams
Azure	Overview of Azure Analysis Services and Logic App Tasks - Part 1
Azure	Terminate Long Running Azure Analysis Services Refresh Using Logic App - Part 4
Azure Cosmos DB	Build real-time data pipelines with Azure Event Hub, Stream Analytics and Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB	Explore Azure Cosmos Databases with Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Data Factory	Azure Data Factory Control Flow Activities Overview
Azure Data Factory	Azure Data Factory Execute SSIS Package Activity
Azure Data Factory	Azure Data Factory Filter Activity and Debugging Capabilities
Azure Data Factory	Azure Data Factory ForEach Activity Example
Azure Data Factory	Azure Data Factory Get Metadata Example
Azure Data Factory	Azure Data Factory If Condition Activity
Azure Data Factory	Azure Data Factory Lookup Activity Example
Azure Data Factory	Azure Data Factory Overview
Azure Data Factory	Azure Data Factory Pipeline Variables
Azure Data Factory	Azure Data Factory Stored Procedure Activity Transformation Activities
Azure Data Factory	Azure Data Factory Until Activity Example
Azure Data Factory	Build Azure Data Factory Pipeline Dependencies
Azure Data Factory	Create Azure Data Factory inventory using Databricks
Azure Data Factory	Create Azure Data Factory Pipeline
Azure Data Factory	Create Event Based Trigger in Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory	Create Schedule Trigger in Azure Data Factory ADF
Azure Data Factory	Create Tumbling Window Trigger in Azure Data Factory ADF
Azure Data Factory	Run SSIS Packages with Azure Data Factory in a Cost Effective Way
Azure Data Factory	Transfer Data to the Cloud Using Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory	Transfer On-Premises Files to Azure Blob Storage
Azure Data Factory	Transfer On-Premises Files to Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database	Cross-database query performance in Azure SQL Database
Azure Synapse Analytics	Analyze data skew issues with Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics	Analyze real-time data streams with Azure Synapse Analytics and Cosmos DB
Azure Synapse Analytics	Azure Synapse Analytics Data Integration and Orchestration
Azure Synapse Analytics	Azure Synapse Analytics Overview
Azure Synapse Analytics	Azure Synapse Analytics vs Azure Data Factory for Building a Synapse Pipeline
Azure Synapse Analytics	Build Appealing Dashboards using Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics	Building Lakehouse Dashboards Using Azure Synapse Analytics Serverless Pool
Azure Synapse Analytics	Building Scalable Lakehouse Solutions using Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics	Data Ingestion Into Landing Zone Using Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics	Enforce data integrity rules on your Delta tables using Synapse Mapping Data Flow
Azure Synapse Analytics	Explore Spark databases with Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics	Explore SQL databases with Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics	Explore Your Data Lake Data Easily with Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics	Handle Missing Values in Lakehouse using Azure Synapse Mapping Data Flow
Azure Synapse Analytics	Implement Data Enrichment in Lakehouse using Synapse Analytics Mapping Data Flow
Azure Synapse Analytics	Implement Dimension Denormalization Using Synapse Mapping Data Flow
Azure Synapse Analytics	Implement Incremental Ingestion for Large Fact Tables on Lakehouse using Synapse Mapping Data Flow - Part 2
Azure Synapse Analytics	Implement Late Arriving Dimensions on Data Lakehouse using Azure Synapse Mapping Data Flow
Azure Synapse Analytics	Implement Surrogate Keys Using Lakehouse and Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics	Implement Time Dimensions on Lakehouse using Azure Synapse Analytics Mapping Data Flow
Azure Synapse Analytics	Implementing Deduplication Logic in the Lakehouse using Synapse Analytics Mapping Data Flow
Azure Synapse Analytics	Implementing ETL Logging on Lakehouse using Delta Lake's Time Travel capability
Azure Synapse Analytics	Implementing Fact-to-Dimension Mapping on Lakehouse using Synapse Mapping Data Flow
Azure Synapse Analytics	Implementing Slowly Changing Dimensions on Lakehouse with Synapse Mapping Data Flow
Azure Synapse Analytics	Incremental Ingestion of Fact Tables on Lakehouse using Azure Synapse Analytics Mapping Data Flow - Part 1
Azure Synapse Analytics	Ingest and process real-time data streams with Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics	Raw Data Ingestion into Delta Lake Bronze tables using Azure Synapse Mapping Data Flow
Data Warehousing	Common Data Warehouse Development Challenges
Functions User Defined UDF	How to find UDFs causing SQL Server performance issues
Indexing	SQL Server Columnstore, B-Tree and Hybrid Index Performance Comparison for Data Warehouses
Indexing	SQL Server Covering Index Performance
Integration Services Data Flow Transformations	Diagnose and Fix SSIS Performance Problems for ETL Loads
Maintenance	How to Identify Useful SQL Server Table Statistics
Monitoring	SQL Server Monitoring with PowerShell and the SQL Server Platform: Analysis and Reporting (Part 3 of 3)
Monitoring	SQL Server Monitoring with Powershell and the SQL Server Platform: Data Collection (Part 1 of 3)
Monitoring	SQL Server Monitoring with Powershell and the SQL Server Platform: Data Processing (Part 2 of 3)
Performance Tuning	Creating a Centralized Performance Collection Solution for SQL Server
Performance Tuning	Custom Solution to Measure SQL Server Query Performance Improvements
SQL Server 2016	Identify the best tables for SQL Server 2016 Columnstore Index Migration

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