In the previous blog, you read about the Spark settings within the workspace. This time it's about the domain settings. So let's dig into what domains are, what you can use them for and which settings there are. What are domains? If you read (and you should) the excellent book on data architectures by James … Continue reading DP-700 exam training: Configure Domain workspace settings
It's been a long time coming, but all of a sudden there were a number of posts from Microsoft announcing the first preview of SQL Server Management Studio 21. This is big as it's quite the overhaul from the SQL Server Management Studio we're used to. To give you some idea, here are my first … Continue reading SQL Server Management Studio 21: First Impressions & Features
I had an interesting question lately where I was requested to show all the network traffic within an Azure landing zone. Specifically source and target IP, protocol and port. From the aspect of Zero Trust, it's important to show both successful and failed connections in your network. To be able to answer this question I … Continue reading Analyze Azure NSG Flow Logs in SQL Server: Step-by-Step Guide
About two weeks ago, the DP-700 (Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer) went into beta. This means that curious people like me can take the exam, see what's in it and provide feedback to the people who wrote the questions. To add to fun, I decided to take the exam online as the exam centres close by … Continue reading What to Expect from the DP-700 Microsoft Certification Exam
For those of you who either attended Fabric Conference Europe and/or have some sort of social media account, it won't come as a huge surprise that Microsoft is launching a new certification. If you're working with Microsoft Fabric and focusing on the data engineering part of things, this certification is for you! What is it? … Continue reading Mastering the DP-700: Your Guide to Microsoft Fabric Certification
This blog won't be very long and will describe a connection issue I experienced with a customer including the solution and some context why this solution worked. I hope this saves you time when dealing with the same error. Issue The customer can connect to the Azure Sql database with Sql Server Management Studio (SSMS) … Continue reading Fixing Azure SQL Client Connection Timeouts
After an almost full week of travelling, learning and meeting people, time for a short write up. Hello Stockholm! Or even hello Schiphol. When I walked up to the gate, it took the best part of a minute for the first Microsoft person to walk up to me and ask if I was on my … Continue reading Experiencing Microsoft Fabric Conference in Stockholm
Very recently, Microsoft announced the public preview of the Microsoft Fabric Copy Job. This blog will give an explanation of what a Copy Job is, how to create one and why it can be an enormous help in speeding up your data ingestion. What it is The copy job is essentially an abstraction of a … Continue reading Microsoft Fabric Copy Job: Simplifying Data Ingestion
Welcome back to this mini series on Azure Sql Server with Copilot. In the previous posts I wrote about a general introduction of this toolset (click here for more) and had some fun in the Azure Portal getting stuff done (click here for more). In this third part, I'm going in for the data and … Continue reading Sql Server and Copilot. What the query it this? Part 3, query editor
Welcome back! In part one (click here), I've introduced Azure Sql Copilot. In this second part, I'm going to take you along in the Azure portal experience. I'll write about my personal experiences, opinions and the different angles you can use to connect with your database. Let's dig in! For this first part, I’m putting … Continue reading Sql Server and Copilot. What the query it this? Part 2, portal experience
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