In today's cloud era, Azure SQL is usually first with new functionality, while on-premises SQL Server follows. One of the new things is the JSON data type and accompanying JSON index. Because I had to learn how JSON works in SQL Server for my DP-800 exam, I decided to see how the JSON index works … Continue reading SQL Server 2025: Testing the JSON Index
First up, congrats to Adam Machanic and Steve Jones on reaching 200 episodes of T-SQL Tuesday; you can be proud of yourselves! I've always loved the variety of topics, the different views of the bloggers, and the learning that can be gained from all the posts. I've even had the honour of hosting. Anyway, Brent … Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday 200: When I Look at a Query …
As you've probably heard and read before, monitoring your Fabric environment as a whole is quite important. It really does help to know what's going on. Now, one thing I've learned over all these years is that report users do quite like their data to be as fresh and up to date as possible. And, … Continue reading DP-700 training: Monitor semantic model refresh
Earlier this year, Microsoft released a new certification that combines AI and SQL Server knowledge: the DP-800: Developing AI-Enabled Database Solutions. As I still deeply care about SQL Server and am convinced it has a very central place in any data architecture (cloud or on-premises), this one sparked a lot of interest. Today, I took … Continue reading DP-800 Exam Experiences
This week, I was invited to the Microsoft office in London. The reason was a Level 400 training for Microsoft partners on Real-Time Intelligence. As I've been working with RTI on a large project for the last year, it felt natural to join this training. My objectives were not listed, but I wanted to see … Continue reading Attending a Level 400 training at Microsoft.
Today I had the pleasure of presenting my session on Copilot for SQL at the Data Ceili event in Dublin. Somewhere between 50 and 60 people attended, having fun and learning how this Copilot works, what it can and can't do, and, very important today, how much it will cost you. The challenge While preparing … Continue reading Speaking at Data Ceili. Or, how to work with fast-changing software in your demo
A three-line title that promises a lot! So let's try to simplify this a bit. In essence, this blog will cover how to make OneLake data quicker in an Eventhouse using shortcuts. The process, at a high level, is quite simple. In your eventhouse, create a shortcut to a Lakehouse, for instance. Enable query acceleration, … Continue reading DP-700 training: Choose between query acceleration for OneLake shortcuts and standard OneLake shortcuts in Real-Time Intelligence
When you start using SSMS with GitHub Copilot, there is no default set of instructions in place. The agent will just sort of do what it thinks is best. But you can make sure the agent has more knowledge of your local environment (yes, it can be a cloud database as well), how it should … Continue reading SSMS 22.6: Custom Copilot instructions
Welcome to another instalment in the DP-700 learn series. This time we're going to talk about Apache Airflow settings. It's a little bit of a misnomer in the header, maybe, but we have to follow the titles Microsoft offers in the official curriculum. Now, before we dig into the fun techy stuff, let's familiarise ourselves … Continue reading DP-700 training: Configure Dataflow Gen2 workspace settings (Apache Airflow)
This month, Koen Verbeeck invites the blogging community to write about their thoughts on returning to on-premises. What could be struggles, things we have to re-learn, etcetera. When I read the invite, it immediately sparked inspiration, because there are increasing rumours around cloud exits. People musing about 'what if'. Some clients reference these questions, but … Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday #199: Back to on-prem?
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