Microsoft Fabric, connect to your on-premises SQL Server

In my previous blogs, I've written about Fabric and all the cool things it can do. Thing is, my load tests were based on files. Either CSV or Delta. But in reality, a lot of data comes from an on-premises database server. In reality, you might connect to a SQL 2008 instance or maybe even … Continue reading Microsoft Fabric, connect to your on-premises SQL Server

Microsoft Fabric, impact on my daily work

In my previous four blogposts, I've shared some first impressions and small things I discovered since the preview release. Again, the preview release. New features are added, bugs are fixed and additions are released. When I asked if there's a GA release date, there was no answer. And I can guess why, it's hard to … Continue reading Microsoft Fabric, impact on my daily work

Learning ADF Part 6

It's been some time since my last post on Azure Data Factory, but I had some fun this week and wanted to share the learnings. This blog will cover how I read files from an sFTP site, use the copy activity if the file hasn't been processed yet and write some data into a table … Continue reading Learning ADF Part 6

Fooling around with TPC-H data, ADF and Hyperscale Serverless

In one of my last blogs, I wrote about my first encounter with the Azure Hyperscale Serverless offering. Now it's time to dig a bit deeper and what it's up to. Disclaimer. Azure Hyperscale Serverless is in preview and one of the things that isn't active yet, is the auto shutdown. This means that it … Continue reading Fooling around with TPC-H data, ADF and Hyperscale Serverless

Azure Hyperscale Serverless, first impressions

As some of you know, I've written a series of blog posts on Azure SQL Databases and there's an accompanying session that I had the honour of presenting a number of times. Now Azure keeps developing new offers and one of these went in public preview February 15th. An offer I hadn't seen coming. You … Continue reading Azure Hyperscale Serverless, first impressions

Azure Data Factory and Soap, an opera?

Getting data from an API can be hard, especially when you're trying to get data from a so-called Soap interface. This is a bit of an antique way to distribute data to online applications and has a lot of challenges. I've read a few blogs on this subject but funnily enough, they're all using the … Continue reading Azure Data Factory and Soap, an opera?

2021 in review, 2022 in preview

2021 in review. Thank you all! @azure @axiansNL @Azure_Synapse @AzDataFactory @Microsoft #zekerweten #MCT

Learning ADF part 4

Creating a Pipeline in @azDataFactory with a @AzureSQLDB with CDC enabled as source and a tumbling window. #AzureDataFactory #Azure

Learning ADF part 3

Learning ADF part 3. Created my first dynamic pipeline in @AzDataFactory #AzureDataFactory #learning #sharing #Azure