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Azure Synapse Analytics new features
Almost lost in all the announcements from Ignite was a bunch of amazing new features that were added to the Provisioned Resources/SQL Pool section (read SQLDW functionalities) side of Azure Synapse...
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My latest presentations
Just wanted to make everyone aware of my latest presentations that I recently uploaded. Details below. I also have a list of all my presentations with slide decks here. Azure Synapse Analytics...
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Azure Synapse Analytics & Power BI performance
With two new relational database features (Result-set caching and Materialized Views) just GA’d in Azure Synapse Analytics (formally called Azure SQL Data Warehouse), it makes for some very compelling...
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Azure Synapse Analytics & Power BI concurrency
As a follow-up to my last blog, Azure Synapse Analytics & Power BI performance, I wanted to focus on concurrency when using these two products. A common question I here from customers is because...
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DevOps for databases: “DataOps”
DevOps, a set of practices that combines software development (Dev) and information-technology operations (Ops), has become a very popular way to shorten the systems development life cycle and provide...
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Azure Storage tips
As a followup to my blog post Azure Data Lake Store Gen2 is GA, I wanted to give some pointers when using ADLS Gen2 as well as blob storage, as it can get a bit confusing with all the options that are...
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Power BI Real-time Streaming
With Power BI real-time streaming, you can stream data and update dashboards in real-time. Any visual or dashboard that can be created in Power BI can also be created to display and update real-time...
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SQL Database MI benefits
As I see a huge number of customers migrating their on-prem databases to the Azure cloud, the main question they ask is about whether they should go with an IaaS solution (SQL Server in a VM) or a...
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Power BI Security
A common topic I have been discussing recently with customers is the security around Power BI. Basically, how to prevent users seeing data they shouldn’t. So I’ll discuss the various “layers” of...
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Power BI Sharing
There are many ways to share the dashboards, reports, and datasets that you create in Power BI. Below I’ll compare all such options (there are twelve!). First make sure to have an understanding about...
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Azure Synapse Analytics confusion
I see a lot of confusion among many people on what features are available today in Azure Synapse Analytics (formally called Azure SQL Data Warehouse) and what features are coming in the future. Below...
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Accessing Managed Instance via SSMS
It used to be that the only way to use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) against Azure SQL Database Managed Instance (SQLMI) was to create a VM on the same VNET as SQLMI and use SSMS on that VM....
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Query Acceleration for ADLS
Just announced is Query Acceleration for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 (ADLS) as well as Blob Storage. This is a new capability for ADLS that enables applications and analytics frameworks to...
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Monitoring Power BI
There are a number of options for monitoring Power BI that I wanted to mention: Performance analyzer: Find out how each of your report elements, such as visuals and DAX formulas, are performing. Using...
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Build announcements: Azure Synapse Analytics in public preview and more
A few data platform announcements yesterday at Microsoft Build that I wanted to blog about. The biggest one is Azure Synapse Analytics is now available in public preview! You can immediately log into...
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More Azure Blob Storage enhancements
I recently blogged about Query Acceleration for ADLS, which also applies to Azure Blob storage. Now there are more new features for blog storage that I will talk about. Blob index preview: Recently...
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Power BI FAQ
Power BI has become hugely popular and I find common questions about functionality and features, so I thought I would put in this blog some of those questions with answers: What is the best way to...
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Upload files to ADLS Gen2
I discover a small new feature the other day, but a very useful one. Previously, there was no way to upload files to an ADLS Gen2 storage account via the Azure portal. You had to use Azure Storage...
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More ADLS Gen2 enhancements
On the heels of More Azure Blob Storage enhancements come more enhancements for Azure Data Lake Store Gen2 (ADLS Gen2): Archive tier is now GA: The archive tier provides an ultra-low cost tier for...
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Business Continuity in SQL Database
I have wrote a number of blogs on the topic of business continuity in SQL Database before (HA/DR for Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Database high availability, Azure SQL Database disaster recovery) but...
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