Blogs Louis Davidson in Blogs What Counts for a DBA – Discretion I was looking at the list of topics I have talked about in my “What Counts for a DBA” posts... 12 July 2023 3 min read
Blogs Louis Davidson in Blogs I am a Microsoft Data Platform MVP Interviewing yourself is easy, as I get to write the questions as I write the answers! Is this your first... 07 July 2023 5 min read
Blogs Simple Talk Editor in Blogs Simple-Talk RSS Feeds Recently, we have made a few changes to the simple-talk.com website’s RSS feeds that I am pretty excited about. If... 07 July 2023 6 min read
Blogs Ben Johnston in Blogs Unmasking SQL Server Dynamic Data Masking, Part 4, Unmasking Formatted and Unformatted Text Continuing from the previous entry in this series on security concerns with using Dynamic Data Masking, in this blog I... 27 June 2023 30 min read
Blogs Louis Davidson in Blogs On the Road Again, Next Up Columbus January 18, 2020, was the last time I stood in front of a live group of people and spoke about... 27 June 2023 4 min read
Editorials Louis Davidson in Editorials The Value of Adventure One of the things that makes you a well-rounded person is adventure. But often, when one thinks of adventure, they... 25 June 2023 3 min read
Blogs Simple Talk Editor in Blogs The Simple-Talk Editor’s Blog Today I am starting (well, restarting) a new feature here on Simple-Talk, The Editor’s Blog. This blog will cover topics about... 14 June 2023 2 min read
Blogs Ben Johnston in Blogs Unmasking SQL Server Dynamic Data Masking, Part 3, Security Concerns This is the third part of a series on SQL Server Dynamic Data Masking. The first part in the series... 14 June 2023 30 min read
Blogs Ben Johnston in Blogs Unmasking SQL Server Dynamic Data Masking – Part 2 – Setting up Masking This is the second part of a series on SQL Server Dynamic Data masking. The first part in the series... 07 June 2023 27 min read
Blogs Dennes Torres in Blogs Power BI Connections Management Some time between January and now, a new preview feature was included in Power BI Portal. It’s a new Manage... 06 June 2023 2 min read
Blogs Pankaj Gupta in Blogs On-Premises vs Cloud In this blog, we will explore the disparities between on-premises and cloud infrastructures, highlighting their respective benefits and drawbacks. What... 02 June 2023 9 min read
Editorials Louis Davidson in Editorials The Importance of Tact The concept of tact is simple. Telling people truths, often harsh truths, without making it seem harsh. Hopefully, it is... 30 May 2023 3 min read
Blogs Ben Johnston in Blogs Unmasking SQL Server Dynamic Data Masking – Part 1 – Introduction This is the beginning of a series on SQL Server Dynamic Data Masking. Dynamic Data Masking is a concept familiar... 26 May 2023 12 min read
Blogs Dennes Torres in Blogs Microsoft Fabric: Enabling your Free Trial After the great announcement of Microsoft Fabric this week, it’s time to get a trial and start playing with this... 24 May 2023 3 min read
Dennes Torres in Blogs Microsoft Fabric: Data Warehouse Ingestion using T-SQL and more .In this blog I will illustrate how we can ingest data from a blob storage to a Microsoft Fabric Data... 24 May 2023 5 min read
Blogs Louis Davidson in Blogs Self Review: Practical Graph Structures in SQL Server and Azure SQL I just finished writing this book a few weeks ago, and as I read it, I thought “why not review... 23 May 2023 4 min read
Blogs Dennes Torres in Blogs List Azure Functions based on Configuration Values A company’s Azure environment can easily grow to a level that managing all the objects may become harder. The solution... 10 April 2023 4 min read
Blogs Aisha Bukar in Blogs A Beginners Guide To MySQL Replication Part 2: Configuring Source and Replica Servers In the first part of this series, we spoke about MySQL Replication, the different types, replication formats, benefits, and downsides,... 10 April 2023 8 min read
Blogs Aisha Bukar in Blogs A Beginners Guide to MySQL Replication Part 1: Introduction to MySQL Replication MySQL Replication is a process where data from one MySQL database known as the source (formerly called “master”) is copied... 30 March 2023 9 min read
Blogs Louis Davidson in Blogs The role of forethought for a computer engineer If you have ever played a game of chess against someone good, or perhaps against a computer, you know that... 28 March 2023 4 min read
