Practical guides and insights for modern data practitioners
This months T-SQL Tuesday invites us to cover an impactful session or two from a conference. Before I go any further I just want to say a big thanks to both Kristyna Ferris and Steve Hughes for hosting this months T-SQL Tuesday. An impactful session To be honest, it was tough to choose one in … Read more
In this post I cover the advantages of Azure infrastructure knowledge when working with Microsoft Fabric. I wanted to cover this topic after my recent journey to gain a couple of Azure certifications. One was more of a regain to cure an Azure certification itch to regain the Azure Administrator Associate certification. Whilst the other … Read more
In this post I cover how I went about curing an Azure certification itch. By regaining the Azure Administrator Associate certification. Allow me to explain. Many years ago I gained an older version of the Azure Administrator Associate certification whilst studying for the old MCSD Azure Architect certification. I then upgraded to the modern certification … Read more
Consider this post as an introduction to upcoming spreading your SQL Server wings with the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform series that I will be publishing. I want to publish this post to raise awareness about a series of future posts that are coming. Plus, I want to make those posts more efficient by sharing a … Read more
In this post I want to cover how I used Azure as if it was a SQL Server time machine. Because I used Azure like one recently to resolve a Master Data Services issue. By the end of this post, you will see how I used an Azure virtual machine to help resolve a SQL … Read more
In this post I want to cover how to make the most out of certification pages for Azure exams. Because I think it will be useful. By the end of this post, you will know how to take advantage of additional information in the certification pages for Azure exams. To set realistic expectations here, this … Read more
In this post I want to cover some thoughts about the increase in demand for Azure Data Engineering roles. Because I have noticed some interesting things happening recently. One of the main reasons I am sharing this is because I am very keen to know other people’s thoughts on this. Especially since I have taken … Read more
In this post I want to do a 2020 edition of SQL Server related services in Azure. Since so much has changed since I last covered it last year. To recap, last year I did a video and post about SQL Server related services in Azure. You can read the post in detail here. Because … Read more
For this year’s Azure Advent Calendar, I decided to cover SQL Server related services in Azure. Because I like to think as myself as a member of both the Azure family and the Data Platform family, I wanted to cover a topic which would crossover between the two communities. Now, this post is one of … Read more
Recently I’ve been going through different Azure DevOps test environment options. In order for people to perform changes without interfering with the existing business environment. In addition, I’ve had to help some people sort out test environments for Azure DevOps as well. So, I thought I better do a post about the options that I … Read more