Ever tried to determine when the SQL Server instance was installed? You can execute the following query and see the create_date column in the result
Month: October 2020
ARM Client to Deal With ARM APIs
ARMClient is a command line tool to interact with ARM APIs. In one of our previous posts we discovered that data retention period for Azure
Default Apache Spark Variables in Azure Databricks Notebook
I came across some python code in one of my notebooks and realized that a variable called “sc” was referenced there which was not defined
Kusto Query Language (KQL) Cheatsheet
Case-Sensitive Query starts with table name or search keywords usually in lowercase | symbol to separate commands in the query SecurityEvent | take 10 can
How to Ensure Singleton Execution of ADF Pipeline
Many times we don’t think about it but in order to ensure the integrity and stability of our systems and data we pay attention to
Running ADF Pipelines Sequentially
Getting worried about that even after placing Execute Pipeline activities one after the another, sequence is still not followed? Dependency in terms of execution is
Azure Log Analytics Pricing and Data Retention Period
Few topics don’t need any briefing so let’s directly jump to the costing factors involved with Azure Log Analytics Workspace. You are charged for two
How to Get Path of Current Notebook
In an earlier post, we saw how to get the absolute path of a notebook in Azure Databricks by navigating GUI in the workspace. In
Automatic Tuning – Azure SQL Database & Managed Instance
Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance both are Azure’s PaaS implementations whereby Microsoft takes care of all management tasks of underlying systems. Automatic
A Practical Guide to Failover Groups
Note: Practical guide here doesn’t mean a step-by-step approach to setup the service/feature but to mention the important points which are critical to understand for
A Practical Guide to Active Geo Replication
Active Geo Replication is a database-level feature specific to Azure SQL Databases. It creates a secondary replica of your primary database which can be used
Query Store Catalog Views
In the previous post we saw number of queries to analyze data captured by Query Store. In this post, we will present the data model
Query Store Sample Queries
We have seen so far in the previous posts about the key concepts of Query Store and its configuration. Let’s now look at the queries
Query Store Configuration and its Parameters
In the previous post we learnt about some basic concepts of SQL Server query store and some of the usage scenarios. In this post we
SQL Server Query Store – 4 part series
SQL Server’s Query Store is generally considered as its flight recorder i.e. that black box which records everything about each query you execute on SQL