Let me start this blog post by asking you a question. Q. When was the last time you looked at your redundancy? Yes, this is a very vague question because there's a lot of interpretation you can put into it. Even though it's very valid to think about your personal redundancy (who can fill in … Continue reading Remember your Redundancy
Maybe you've read my blog post in the DP-700 certification series about mirroring data. You can find that one here. This blog will be longer and more technical. And involve SQL Server. To make reading a little easier, I've listed the Microsoft Learn pages at the end of this blog post. While writing the DP-700 … Continue reading Mirroring SQL Server 2025 to Microsoft Fabric, a level deeper
I'm guessing you've seen posts, blogs and social media activity in the last year on both Fabric SQL databases and rumours around SQL Server 2025. Today, Microsoft announced that both of these are Generally Available (GA). This means it's now fully supported by Microsoft. You can read all about this, and more, in the Ignite … Continue reading Ignite announced SQL Server 2025 and Fabric SQL GA
We're almost used to SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21, and now 22 is already in preview. So, let's see where it's available for download, install it and see what's different. Download and release notes. The most important part, of course, is the download of the binaries. Click here for the download. Click here for … Continue reading SSMS 22 preview 1 first impressions
One of the new features in SQL Server 2025 is that you can now use regular expressions directly in your T-SQL queries. Now, regular expressions (or RegEx) have never been a syntax that's easy to read. There are a lot of brackets, dashes and other symbols that make no sense when you first see them. … Continue reading SQL Server 2025: Simplifying Data Checks with RegEx
In a previous blog post, I discussed my initial impressions of SQL Server and the key features that are relevant to my work in Business Intelligence. This time, I want to focus on a specific and improved feature of SQL Server, namely extended events. What are they? To provide some context, let's begin by defining … Continue reading SQL Server 2025: time-bound Extended Events explained
When Microsoft Fabric was introduced in May 2023, one of its major promoted components was the Real-time Analytics part. We (that is, my coworkers and I from Axians) focused mainly on the batch processing of data. With the introduction of the DP-700 exam, I started to focus more on the real-time part of Microsoft Fabric. … Continue reading Mastering Real-Time Analytics with Microsoft Fabric
Let's dig into something that's quite simple to implement: workspace monitoring. Whenever someone calls out that "something is simple to implement", your first response should be "Oh really?". Because simplicity is always in the eyes of the beholder. And sometimes the easiest solutions carry the most consequences. Or cost. Or both. Wording can be complicated, … Continue reading DP-700 training: Workspace logging
Let me set the scene quickly for you. You're working for an organisation where Fabric is in the process of being adopted or it's already fully in use. Regardless of the number of capacities, workspaces, etc, you're interested in what's going on in your Fabric environment. You have questions like "Who is using the reports?", … Continue reading Streamline Fabric Monitoring and Administration Using FUAM
Today, May 19th, 2025, is the keynote day of Microsoft Build, where Microsoft announces its big new tech innovations. You won't be surprised; there's a lot of Copilot in the announcements. You can't get around it if you have any toolset in the cloud; there will be AI waiting for you to help you. Bad … Continue reading Is Microsoft SSMS Copilot the Future of Database Management?
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