Tag Archives: Azure

Moar Azure

Posted on June 20, 2020 by

There are a number of choices for working in the cloud, aka, renting resources, but there are three big choices: Azure, AWS, and GCP. These three dominate the cloud services, though arguably AWS and Azure are way ahead. All three … Continue reading →

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Resetting an Azure SQL Database Admin Password

Posted on December 4, 2019 by

This is likely something that most people know, but it was a bit confusing for me. This post is really here to remind me and help cement this in my mind. I went to connect to a QA database that … Continue reading →

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How Serverless is Working in Azure SQL Database

Posted on November 27, 2019 by

When Azure SQL Database introduced the serverless option, I decided to try it. I moved one of my databases to the tier, though I had to move to a vCore model instead of the basic DTU setup. I was nervous, … Continue reading →

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Put Your Data in a Box

Posted on October 12, 2019 by

A few years ago I was attending a keynote talk from one of the scientists that works CERN’s Large HADRON Collider (LHC). The talk was about data and how they deal with a large volume of data from experiments run … Continue reading →

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