The Azure “secret”

I'm a big believer in doing research and practicing processes and procedures until they don't break anymore. In my job, breaking things means downtimes and unhappy customers. Because of this, I like to put a lot of time in documentation, trials, practice, etc to make sure everything works the way it should be. I might even say I'm a little bit obsessive. Human beings change, systems rarely do....

Polybase – It’s what’s for dinner

Polybase is a pretty cool technology that was debuted in SQL Server 2016 as part of the Big Data (Clusters) initiative. It got a bit of a facelift in SQL Server 2019 and now is really cool. I've been testing and breaking it in the past few months just for fun, but it got kind of exciting when I applied the SQL Server 2019 CU5 patch on my test cluster. I'll post about these findings as I am able...

Business Continuity – having a backup workstation

I mentioned this topic briefly when I presented on HA/DR for Pragmatic Works in March during my DBA Madness Series. I got the idea from Randolph West and he said it was fine to mention it during the webinar. Since then, I've got a video "in the can" on the topic and will be posting it on my Videos page once it goes through final edit. I've been reorganizing my office due to lighting issues and...