Practical guides and insights for modern data practitioners
In this post I thought I would talk about how SQL Server Professionals can benefit from using version control systems. Mostly because I have been involved in some discussions about it recently. I say SQL Server Professionals here because I want it to be all inclusive. Due to the fact this applies to database administrators … Read more
In this post I thought I would share some SQL Server Product Owner advice based on actual experience. Because I am aware that is still fairly new for a lot of people compared to the more traditional SQL Server roles. In fact, I have been asked about it a lot recently whilst at conferences. Because … Read more
In this post I’d like to discuss using 2020 vision with SQL Server. For those wondering what I mean by that I will explain shortly. Before I do that, I’d just like to wish everybody reading this a Happy New Year. Anyway, just to clarify what I mean by using 2020 vision with SQL Server. … Read more
Since I’ve officially stopped working for the year now I thought it would be a good time to do a personal 2019 review. Technology As far as technology is concerned it’s being an interesting year. As usual, there were a large number of announcements at this year’s Ignite. To save reinventing the wheel you can … Read more
In this post I want to cover a beautiful Azure Boards query that I created. Because a while ago I mentioned that I had logged a feedback item to Microsoft about Azure DevOps. In particular, with them adding a ‘Not’ option when filtering tags. You can read the feedback item with Microsoft in detail here. … 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
You might ask yourself why I write about starting to use Azure for the Data Platform professional? Especially when a lot of Data Platform professionals already use the Azure Portal and take the knowledge of how to use it for granted. However, I found out that using the Azure Portal is not as common as … Read more