tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54851814885226685862024-03-05T01:56:34.757-05:00SQLBallsMy name is Bradley Ball. I work with SQL Server, Azure Data, Analytics, and AI. This blog is about anything I do from a personal and professional standpoint. I hope you will join me on this journey.Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.comBlogger226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-10272353849132816412023-06-19T10:02:00.002-04:002023-06-19T10:02:53.808-04:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 06-12-2023 Cooking, Father's Day, & the Shrinking Household<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJR5q8yHctz4VRq_Z1CDP5FAIX9Uq4GcupkDkV8Lfe268jURMkrdhtZonI_bW3yPqTv5x3ehRLYHvr1NTI79xhrcRy5svuQHGdW1OT3UiAYTqgktfcWGQuYRXoK6KO0Z51dlgpaPhTe60VRLK0VkFPYKXme2FgyekDWIBhKETKOj6BM2ERakY_D-ZPDBw/s2049/Father's%20Day%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJR5q8yHctz4VRq_Z1CDP5FAIX9Uq4GcupkDkV8Lfe268jURMkrdhtZonI_bW3yPqTv5x3ehRLYHvr1NTI79xhrcRy5svuQHGdW1OT3UiAYTqgktfcWGQuYRXoK6KO0Z51dlgpaPhTe60VRLK0VkFPYKXme2FgyekDWIBhKETKOj6BM2ERakY_D-ZPDBw/s320/Father's%20Day%202023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader! This past week was a busy one. As we've started to settle into the new house we are transitioning from eating out or having meals delivered, to knowing where the pots & pans are so we can cook again.<p></p><p>I made a really nice beef stew and butter chicken from scratch. My family is full of picky eaters, so the true litmus test of any meal is the answer to the question, "Is this <i>make it again </i>good?". The answer to both of those dishes was a resounding yes from even my pickest of eaters. There was one hold out on the butter chicken, but after a rousing review from the rest of the household my son Will tried it with all of the lack-luster enthusiasm of a 5 year old being told to "eat their vegitables".</p><p>I was asleep when he made it home from work and heated it up, but the lack of leftovers in the morning told me I could hang the "Mission Accomplished" banner.</p><p>This past Sunday was Fathers Day here and in <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/common/father-day#:~:text=It%20is%20celebrated%20in%20Canada,%2C%20South%20Africa%2C%20and%20Venezuela.">many countries around the world</a>. It was a great day over here at Casa Ball. My Mom, Dad, Mother-in-law, little Sister, beautiful Wife, & the kiddos all went to brunch, we watched a Cubs game (to bad they didn't win), and I grilled out burgers. Also our household and my buddy Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@Neeraj_Jhaveri</a>) put together some videos for you all.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnEHdZ6RJrY">Here's one from my family.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="394" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BnEHdZ6RJrY" width="439" youtube-src-id="BnEHdZ6RJrY"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcBsTohxwL0">Here's one from Neeraj.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="351" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xcBsTohxwL0" width="475" youtube-src-id="xcBsTohxwL0"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>And a big HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all the Dad and the role models guiding people out there! Your impact will be felt for generations and is essential to all those that you care for.</p><p>Father's day brings the realization closer to home that our household is shrinking. My youngest is off to visit her Mom until early August and my oldest is off to Summer classes at college. In the Fall my daughter will be back, but my youngest son goes off to college several hours away. There is a bitter sweet feeling to all of this. We've done our jobs properly. The kiddos are starting to be off in the world. I will need to figure out how to make smaller portions or have more people over for dinner!</p><p>All this to say, I remember when they were little and they wanted your attention non-stop. If you have kids that are those ages appriceate those times, they will pass by before you know it. But there are many new adventures still to be had, look forward to those as well.</p><p>Alright Dear Reader, let's get to that content!</p><p><b><u>MONDAY 6/12/2023</u></b></p><p>On Monday Neeraj Jhaveri released his first SOLO video <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gphmJZtNL4">Microsoft Fabric Decision Trees, Deciding Which Service to USE!!</a></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="334" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2gphmJZtNL4" width="478" youtube-src-id="2gphmJZtNL4"></iframe></div><br /><p>In this video he walks through some of the documentation that we have for Microsoft Fabric to help you understand what services you should use based on your specific skill sets!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>WEDNESDAY 6/14/2023</u></b></p><p>On Wednesday we posted my latest video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czVObSNp3rk"><i>Microsoft Fabric, Notebooks, Spark, Writing New Tables to our Lakehouse, & Baseball!</i></a> I doned my trusty Microsoft Zune t-shirt and walked through how to take data in our Lakehouse that we've created using a shortcut so we do not have data duplication, and then how I walk through some data exploration and write out a data frame as a table in my Lakehouse!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="348" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/czVObSNp3rk" width="480" youtube-src-id="czVObSNp3rk"></iframe></div><br /><p>I use this to determine the best day of the week to see my favorite baseball team play, the Chicago Cubs. The key to this is invoking your imagination to see what it possible when using the service. If you get a chance I hope you will check it out!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>TUESDAY 6/13/2023</u></b></p><p>On Tuesday we had our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5-MSOZxEJM"><i>Azure Data Community Round Table</i></a>! It was another great show with my colleauges.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="341" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S5-MSOZxEJM" width="479" youtube-src-id="S5-MSOZxEJM"></iframe></div><br /><p>As always the STAR of this show is the creators from the Azure Data Community. Here is the content in order of appearence: </p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-microsoft-fabric-capacities-are-available-for-purchase">Announcing Microsoft Fabric capacities are available for purchase | Microsoft Fabric Blog | Microsoft Fabric</a> by Mihir Wagle (he/him) Twitter @Ravskkaur</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://dataonwheels.wordpress.com/2023/05/25/working-with-als-als-awareness-month-2023/ ">Working with ALS – ALS Awareness Month 2023</a> by Steve Hughes Twitter @DataOnWheels via @SQLServerCentrl</p><p>Dan</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/hybrid-flexibility-in-azure-sql-managed-instance/ba-p/3839813">Hybrid Flexibility in Azure SQL Managed Instance</a> by Rie Merrit Twitter @IrishSQL</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://jesspomfret.com/foldable-sql-regions/">Foldable SQL Regions</a> by Jess Pomfret Twitter @jpomfret</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/synapse-real-time-analytics-discovering-the-best-ways-to-get-data-into-a-kql-database">Synapse Real-Time Analytics: Discovering the best ways to get data into a KQL database</a> by Anshul Sharma Twitter @anshuldsharma</p><p><br /></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://blobeater.blog/2023/06/08/azure-chaos-studio/ ">Azure chaos STUDIO</a> by Arun Sirpal </p><p><br /></p><p>Dan</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.gethynellis.com/2023/06/t-sql-tuesday-163-invitation-what-is-the-best-piece-of-career-advice-you-ever-received.html">T-SQL Tuesday #163 Invitation – What is the best piece of Career Advice you ever received</a> by Gethyn Ellis Twitter @gethyn_ellis</p><p><br /></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/announcing-general-availability-of-the-azure-sql-bindings-for/ba-p/3827666">Announcing a general Availability of SQL Bindings for Azure Functions</a> by Drew Skwiers-Koballa Twitter @SysAdminDrew</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/things-to-do-for-fathers-day-20-idea">Things to Do for Father’s Day: 20 Fun Ideas</a> by Alison Ensign Twitter @FamilySearch</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/get-skilled-on-microsoft-fabric-the-ai-powered-analytics-platform">Get skilled on Microsoft Fabric – the AI-powered analytics platform</a> by Shannon Lindsay Twitter @shan_gsd</p><p><br /></p><p>Dan</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.sqlshack.com/postgresql-tutorial-for-beginners/ ">PostgreSQL Tutorial for beginners</a> by Daniel Calbimonte Twitter @SQLShack</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.kevinrchant.com/2023/06/13/create-your-own-microsoft-fabric-environment/ ">Create Your Own Microsoft Fabric Environment</a> by Kevin Chant Twitter @kevchant</p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></p><p>Ok Dear Reader, don't forget we have our Azure Data Community Round Table at 1 PM EST on Tuesday, and today Daniel Taylor (<a href="https://twitter.com/dbabulldog">@DBABulldog</a> | Twitter) will have his latest MS Tech Bits posted at 12 PM EST today!! <a href="https://youtu.be/xOv8hJ_aFLs"><i>SECURE Azure SQL Managed Instance Backups with Azure Storage Private Endpoints!! </i></a></p><p>Make sure to check that out when it is LIVE. I hope your weekend was wonderful, if you have something you did that was awesome sound off in the comments! I love to hear from you.</p><p>As always Dear Reader, Thank You for stopping by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-63549516056246180982023-06-12T11:54:00.001-04:002023-06-12T11:54:11.644-04:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 06-05-2023 Live 360, the Missing Week, & the Pain in the Back<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuxMsVVw-nUkQkTL-9MI5FPwrGatX8mB-COjtcqCjaRVxOzE_SKiwt1pqiZcJaoCxwOHBlR2aWiDcBKxrHJUUrkSHPdK0goAneGVqxM-7yDtHFJwX_YceUHE90tUOh4izWEpqoAjeUANUaKpPTKMktipo6pW6Unrovl1b5V0clUqxvZUFRoE_6RTe/s2049/0171b60158de622d4c8455f1b55fae959d089ed7e6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuxMsVVw-nUkQkTL-9MI5FPwrGatX8mB-COjtcqCjaRVxOzE_SKiwt1pqiZcJaoCxwOHBlR2aWiDcBKxrHJUUrkSHPdK0goAneGVqxM-7yDtHFJwX_YceUHE90tUOh4izWEpqoAjeUANUaKpPTKMktipo6pW6Unrovl1b5V0clUqxvZUFRoE_6RTe/s320/0171b60158de622d4c8455f1b55fae959d089ed7e6.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader! Let's address the missing week. Last week I was really behind due to the move. We did not have a Monday video and despite my best efforts a blog did not get out. It is in the draft's, partially written, and my goal is to try to publish it soon. However, other things are taking precedence.<p></p><p>For example, we moved A LOT of stuff. We had a full crew of able bodied kiddos, all recent High School graduates or current college students, and me. I did my best to keep up with them. But they are the heroes of the day.</p><p>26 foot truck started off empty at the old house and suddenly, <i>and by suddenly I mean realizing that this new couch while cool was so heavy that it took 7 of us to lift it and get it on the truck and I-will-never-do-that-again had a realiztion that next time we would have movers or just sell the couch with the house because the idea of moving that thing can F@%& ALL THE WAY OFF</i>.... Ahem..... as I was saying.... suddenly we were unpacking all of the large items at the new house. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZOZWC3wsCrVpb-7VFJg3Y9LGwtQPm7KTFYXM6lvhIGJY3ijCm84IHfkVCGGILljNbtt7KatWPkwlEHylbjfbeKK1u5Jpw_2Iz1XL-iSq6KEKDZeigzL--aWLjw8RSEN2pGaqLHkpNtjTYg8DBtwszKlUrvUuvEj1XdAIRM0MkfaRzit7WrwfqKld/s2049/01892c3389c18ddbfbcee43ae084375481841cf480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZOZWC3wsCrVpb-7VFJg3Y9LGwtQPm7KTFYXM6lvhIGJY3ijCm84IHfkVCGGILljNbtt7KatWPkwlEHylbjfbeKK1u5Jpw_2Iz1XL-iSq6KEKDZeigzL--aWLjw8RSEN2pGaqLHkpNtjTYg8DBtwszKlUrvUuvEj1XdAIRM0MkfaRzit7WrwfqKld/s320/01892c3389c18ddbfbcee43ae084375481841cf480.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Thankfully the unpacking process went faster than the loading process, <i>and by faster I mean we are also selling the bed's with the house; so that does it the house, the couch, and the beds, because we are not going up those stairs with everything again NO THAT IDEA CAN F......</i> Ahem....<br /><br />Clearly the next move, movers will be employed. Hopefully, that will not be for quite a bit of time. There's still a lot of clean up to do. There is a lot of things to do with the new house as well. <p></p><p>Pictures to hang, er, re-hang in a more centered way that reflects less the mad-dash to occupy a house but rather the long term goal to live with artwork being less slightly off-kilter.</p><p>The next day we all appeared very sore and tired. Everyone needed coffee before we could leave the house. As a treat I took everyone to breakfast at the <a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/contemporary-resort/steakhouse-71/">Walt Disney World's Steakhouse 71 inside of the Contemporary Resort</a>. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-0wwLFIknJtlmZqaDt7pCVygR_CVSj7bOcr7l-S4QVZDwpayyG5FItaHlp4Bmf4AAo2_GHngFBsUlN7IbsSa_8O4pMe57xFeGHpi2h-CkkoH0Z9OSUb0Vpq9_4kvf7SfSZR32JjInoe65J15lO4Mz9ElufWDiy39PCgKUH3wQA-p56PLX7bLnObs/s2049/015ae1a9a520c2d6c8c44fcd3cc84989d16eef4676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-0wwLFIknJtlmZqaDt7pCVygR_CVSj7bOcr7l-S4QVZDwpayyG5FItaHlp4Bmf4AAo2_GHngFBsUlN7IbsSa_8O4pMe57xFeGHpi2h-CkkoH0Z9OSUb0Vpq9_4kvf7SfSZR32JjInoe65J15lO4Mz9ElufWDiy39PCgKUH3wQA-p56PLX7bLnObs/s320/015ae1a9a520c2d6c8c44fcd3cc84989d16eef4676.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I booked this as a last minute thing. I wanted to thank everyone for all the hard work. You can see the amazing cast of family and friends as we awaited our table that morning. The food was AMAZING. Seriously, seriously, good. Normally I take pictures. That's my thing. We were all so famished we ate with reckless abandon. I had Walt's Prime Rib Hash with an over easy egg, we had an order of the Seasonal Pancakes for the table for all to split. They were blueberry with lemon and they were divine. I had a bite of Sue's filet off the Steak and Eggs. The whole family came away full, happy, and resolving to make it back to Steakhouse 71 for another breakfast and of course steaks!<br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsr-_3noMSA0A0n0V05T4z-yRq2-zbLaTQ87EXjHT0HXaqywkiXbautSO6XcG6su3f9CEJaDTaQ74g9duAuvI7-6vkx0nfpMF8KP-0fKuEPcoE9anTD2ZpA1KOgsUzkmVuIlYGnDz1O-0aESNmI6d0uwXLL6tB5B9Iyw0qy4tYdyK-pA_MX-bcyc3/s2049/013d700ad55a2d8eccc4f00a354009332179e8ca96.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsr-_3noMSA0A0n0V05T4z-yRq2-zbLaTQ87EXjHT0HXaqywkiXbautSO6XcG6su3f9CEJaDTaQ74g9duAuvI7-6vkx0nfpMF8KP-0fKuEPcoE9anTD2ZpA1KOgsUzkmVuIlYGnDz1O-0aESNmI6d0uwXLL6tB5B9Iyw0qy4tYdyK-pA_MX-bcyc3/s320/013d700ad55a2d8eccc4f00a354009332179e8ca96.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>When Sue and I took the truck back, we had a beautiful site in store. It had rained on the way there and was starting to become intermittent. As I hoped in her car to ride back home we looked up and saw a full end to end rainbow. What a beautiful site, as we drove it actually became a double end to end rainbow and the end seemed to be at the area surrounding our new home. Not a bad start.<p></p>That was last week. This weekend everything started out pretty good. We were going to clean Saturday and then had plans for Sunday. Late Saturday I did something wrong and the pain in my back started. I was down for the majority of Saturday and Sunday as well. Thankfully I had a muscle relaxer left over from a neck issue. I remembered that and took it Sunday night before bed. I'm doing much better today, but other than a really nice family dinner on Sunday. Not a lot to write about.<br /><p>This past week the Tales from the Field crew was busy cranking out videos for this week and next week, as well as coordinating some really cool content drops with the Microsoft Fabric PG for later this month. </p><p>Alright, let's get over to that content!</p><p><b><u>WEDNESDAY 06-07-2023</u></b></p><p>On Wednesday we released <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tODoHLXhMc" style="font-style: italic;">Microsoft Fabric, VS Code, Notebooks, & Spark! Set it up, connect to a Workspace, EDIT, & Upload!!</a> One of the big questions people have is how do I integrate my existing tools with Microsoft Fabric.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="333" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0tODoHLXhMc" width="481" youtube-src-id="0tODoHLXhMc"></iframe></div><br /><p>In this video I showed how to connect VS Code to your Microsoft Fabric workspace, how to download, modify, and upload a notebook. If this interests you, I'd love to hear from you!</p><p><b><u>TUESDAY 06-06-2023</u></b></p><p>On Tuesday we had our <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdhoS0VAt0o">Azure Data Community Round Table! </a></i> We started started talking about the weekend and how we wake up feeling sore for a variety of reasons and that Josh Luedeman (Twitter | @JoshLuedeman) has lost 40lbs!!! WAY TO GO JOSH!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="328" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RdhoS0VAt0o" width="499" youtube-src-id="RdhoS0VAt0o"></iframe></div><br /><p>As always the star of the show is the content:</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-the-end-to-end-scenarios-in-microsoft-fabric">Introducing the end-to-end scenarios in Microsoft Fabric</a> by Ravs Kaur Twitter @Ravskkaur</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sql-server-blog/parameter-sensitive-plan-optimization-why/ba-p/3836281">Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization, Why?</a> by Derek Wilson Twitter @thesqlsith</p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-machine-learning-blog/announcing-our-improved-experiment-tracking-tools-in-azure/ba-p/3834583">Announcing our improved experiment tracking tools in Azure Machine Learning</a> by Ami Patel </p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-support-blog/azure-sql-db-private-link-private-endpoint-connectivity/ba-p/1235573">Azure SQL DB Private Link / Private Endpoint - Connectivity Troubleshooting </a> by Sergio Fonseca Twitter @FonsecaSergio </p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://xmind.app/blog/chatgpt-and-xmind-how-to-create-a-mind-map-with-chatgpt/">AI and Xmind : How to Create A Mind Map with ChatGPT - Xmind: The Most Popular Mind Mapping App on The Planet.</a> by Jay Twitter @xmind</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/whats-new-in-ssdt-17-6-ledger-performance-copilot/ ">What’s New in SSDT 17.6: Ledger, Performance, Copilot</a> by Subhojit Basak Twitter @subho4594</p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://gptech.ghost.io/understanding-chatgpt-plugins/">Understanding ChatGPT Plugins: Benefits, Risks, and Future Developments</a> by Mary Newhauser </p><p><br /></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://radacad.com/what-is-data-factory-in-microsoft-fabric">What is Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric</a> by Reza Rad Twitter @rad_reza</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.semrush.com/blog/complete-guide-to-thought-leadership-for-business/ ">Thought Leadership: What It Is and How to Master It in 2023</a> by Margarita Loktionova Twitter @semrush</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://www.dharmendrakeshari.com/create-and-verify-microsoft-fabric-capacity/ ">CREATE AND VERIFY MICROSOFT FABRIC CAPACITY</a> by Dharmendra Keshari Twitter @Sachit_Keshari</p><p><br /></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-cognitive-services-blog/build-intelligent-applications-using-chatgpt-amp-azure-cosmos-db/ba-p/3770021">Build Intelligent Applications using ChatGPT & Azure Cosmos DB</a> by Mark Brown Twitter @markjbrown</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/deploy-and-run-a-azure-openai-chatgpt-application-on-aks-via/ba-p/3834619">Deploy and run a Azure OpenAI/ChatGPT application on AKS via Bicep</a> by Paolo Salvatori </p><div><br /></div><p><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></p><p>Ok Dear Reader, we've got a video coming your way today. Neeraj Jhaveri(@Twitter |<a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@Neeraj_Jhaveri</a>) is bringing you <a href="https://youtu.be/2gphmJZtNL4"><i>Microsoft Fabric Decision Trees, Deciding Which Service to USE!!</i></a> today!</p><p>Tomorrow is our weekly Azue Data Community Round Table featuring content from the community! If you want to add your content to the list we cover sound off in the comments below.</p><p>Wednesday we will have another MS Tech Bits and I hope we will see or interact with you sometime this week.</p><p>As always Dear Reader, Thank you for stopping by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-51144599901859761122023-06-01T10:15:00.002-04:002023-06-01T10:15:30.525-04:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 05-22-2023 Microsoft Fabric Launch & Moving Home Offices<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoHaPDDq_v5ZLioCGNpbD1kHtov-JcT9MMk_yLJPDwTJL66U2uPyj8F0C5jZe4UfBI7AnlzVW0oQUhBD8s0RIds55reVMy59qH5fOBpA6PVn_aThawJ4WWZ4XZaVN4xOnHpS4XotI2yIA-G3amlrspMJ8L6R9L5B-74tTyPaoi2uNw9g1kCWfVpoen" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoHaPDDq_v5ZLioCGNpbD1kHtov-JcT9MMk_yLJPDwTJL66U2uPyj8F0C5jZe4UfBI7AnlzVW0oQUhBD8s0RIds55reVMy59qH5fOBpA6PVn_aThawJ4WWZ4XZaVN4xOnHpS4XotI2yIA-G3amlrspMJ8L6R9L5B-74tTyPaoi2uNw9g1kCWfVpoen" width="320" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader! Sorry this is so late, moving houses has gotten me a bit behind this week. I will do better next week!<div><br /></div><div>As you may have heard last week <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-fabric">Microsoft Fabric</a> was officially unveiled to the world. As a part of this launch we had a few extra live videos as a part of the larger Digital Event that happened in conjunction with Microsoft Build! We have a ton still to come on Microsoft Fabric and there will be LOTS of videos so stay Tuned!<p></p><p>Also as I previously <a href="https://www.sqlballs.com/2023/05/tales-from-field-weekly-wrap-up-for_8.html">mentioned, we are moving</a>. This weekend was a very seminal moment for me. On Friday after 4 delayed installation attempts the internet was installed in the new house. That can only mean one thing to me. Time to move the office. Once I move the office, I'm working there. So this weekend I packed up everything, moved it, and set up the office. From here on out I'm in the new house!</p><p>I'm really excited. While it will not show up on the videos, the ceilings are really high. I've had pictures, awards, mementos from over my career that have often been packed up in a closet. For the first time I have space to put it all out and it's really kinda awesome.</p><p>Lot's of feelings go into this move. The house we are leaving has been very good to us. This is where we all truly became the family we are today, went through some very difficult and painful moments, high school for both my boys, COVID, elementary school for my daughter, the kids started dating (something I'm still not sure I'm ready for), some brilliant wonderful happy moments, game nights, movies nights, movie premieres, and BBQ's.</p><p>Cheers to you old house, thanks for the memories.... and I hope we get some of our deposit back!</p><p>Ok Dear Reader, onto the content.</p><p><b><u>MONDAY 5-22-2023</u></b></p><p>On we released my latest video <i><a href="https://youtu.be/AWpKmJqqr0U">USE Azure Managed Identity to Backup Azure SQL Managed Instance to Blob Storage, NOT SAS Tokens!!</a></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="327" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AWpKmJqqr0U" width="474" youtube-src-id="AWpKmJqqr0U"></iframe></div><br /><p>In this video I demo how easy it is and discuss why you should be using Managed Identity instead of SAS tokens to perform your Azure SQL Managed Instance COPY_ONLY backups. This was a lot of fun to make and a great video</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>WEDNESDAY 5-24-2023</u></b></p><p>On Wednesday Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@neeraj_jhaveri</a>) and I presented an<i><a href="https://youtu.be/TSTeoeCNh7c"> Introduction to Microsoft FABRIC!! How to Enroll, How to Opt in, How to build a Data Warehouse!!</a> </i></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="321" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TSTeoeCNh7c" width="481" youtube-src-id="TSTeoeCNh7c"></iframe></div><br /><p>My love for Neeraj has never been a secret the man get's a big introduction on everyone of our Tuesday Azure Data Community Round Tables, and the fact that we got to break the news of Microsoft Fabric meant the fireworks were flying! We covered how you enroll, towards the end we covered how Power BI Admins make sure to opt into the preview, and I showed how to create a Data warehouse and ingest data!</p><p><b><u>THE PRE-SHOW</u></b></p><p>As if that wasn't enough the Tales from the Field team was all together myself, Neeraj, Josh Luedeman (Twitter|<a href="https://twitter.com/JoshLuedeman"> @JoshLuedeman</a>), Andres Padilla (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/Nodestreamio">@Nodestreamio</a>), & Daniel Taylor (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/DBABulldog">@DBABulldog</a>) were joined by Adam Saxton (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/AwSaxton">@AwSaxton</a>) one half of the dynamic duo of Guy in a Cube(Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/GuyinaCube">@GuyinaCube</a>), Kal Yella, and the wonderful Bradley Schacht (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/bradleyschacht">@BradleySchacht</a>) joined us to kick off the Microsoft Fabric Digital Event for Day 1, with the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-tZU_3Maiw&t=7s"><i>Microsoft Fabric Digital Event Pre-Show Day 1</i></a>.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="340" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_-tZU_3Maiw" width="481" youtube-src-id="_-tZU_3Maiw"></iframe></div><br /><p>We started off by finding out that the Power BI CAT and Azure Synapse CSE Team were now the Fabric CAT Team! We discussed Day 1, feedback from customers, questions we had seen, and much more. You definitely want to check it out!</p><p><b><u>THURSDAY 5-25-2023</u></b></p><p>As if one extra live show was JUST NOT ENOUGH on Thursday we came back to do <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBe56dGY5cY">the Microsoft Fabric Digital Event Pre-Show Day 2</a></i>. Adam Saxton, Kal Yella, and Bradley Schacht from the Microsoft Fabric CAT Team joined us. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="323" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_-tZU_3Maiw" width="480" youtube-src-id="_-tZU_3Maiw"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>We discussed the content from Day 1 of the Digital Event, what you could expect to see on Day 2, and we did DEMO'S!! Make sure to check this out!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>TUESDAY 5-23-2023</u></b></p><p>On Tuesday we were eagerly awaiting the announcement of Microsoft Fabric on the Build Keynote during the pre-show. This was our first opportunity to talk about it publicly. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="326" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JHQ9Y9PE5Oc" width="482" youtube-src-id="JHQ9Y9PE5Oc"></iframe></div><br /><p>The star of these shows is, as always the content created by <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/community?activetab=pivot:sqlservertab">the Azure Data Community</a>. Without further ado, here it is:</p><p><br /></p><p>Honorable Mentions</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/microsoft-digital-event-pre-show-azure-fasttrack-power-bi-cat/ba-p/3821566">Microsoft Digital Event Pre-Show: Azure FastTrack, Power BI CAT, & Azure Synapse Analytics PG </a> by Bradley Ball, featuring Adam Saxton & Bradley Schacht & Guy in Cube Twitter @SQLBalls, @BradleySchacht, & @GuyInACube</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://news.microsoft.com/build-2023-book-of-news/ ">Microsoft Build 2023 Book of News </a></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-synapse-analytics-blog/using-azure-devops-with-synapse-workspaces-to-create-hot-fixes/ba-p/3809631">Using Azure DevOps with Synapse Workspaces to create hot fixes in production environments</a> by Vytas Suopys Twitter @Vytas Suopys</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/how-to-take-secure-on-demand-backups-on-sql-managed-instance/ba-p/3638369">How to take secure, on-demand backups on SQL Managed Instance </a> by Zoran Rilak Twitter @zoranrilak</p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/building-interactive-enterprise-grade-applications-open-zaichikov">Building Interactive Enterprise Grade Applications with Open AI and Microsoft Azure</a> by Andrei Zaichikov </p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.kevinrchant.com/2023/05/22/spreading-your-sql-server-wings-with-serverless-sql-pools/ ">Spreading your SQL Server wings with serverless SQL Pools</a> by Kevin Chant Twitter @kevchant</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/what-is-responsible-ai">What Is Responsible AI? | Built In</a> by Ellen Glover Twitter @BuiltIn</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5jOc57PQ-M">Junior Data Professionals The Key to Every Data Team's Success</a> by Abhinav Jayanty + Taylor George</p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-deploy-your-ai-model-on-edge-devices-8c38a9519c58">How to deploy your AI model on Edge devices with Azure</a> by René Bremer</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://dotnetthoughts.net/azure-sql-input-bindings-for-azure-functions/">Azure SQL input binding for Azure Functions</a> by Anuraj Parameswaran Twitter @anuraj</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/what-is-generative-ai/">Generative AI defined: How it works, benefits and dangers Generative AI defined: How it works, benefits and dangers (techrepublic.com) </a> by Owen Hughes Twitter @owenrdhughes</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.timmitchell.net/post/2023/05/03/fifteen-years-of-presentations/ ">Reflections on My First-Ever Presentation, Fifteen Years Later </a> by Tim Mitchell Twitter @Tim_Mitchell</p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/an-overview-of-microsoft-azure-nlp-solutions-b39dff61cee8">An Overview of Microsoft Azure NLP Solutions</a> by Lida Ghahremanlou Twitter @lida_ghr</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://sqlkitty.com/docker-windows-persistent-sql-server/">Using Docker on Windows with Persistent SQL Server Settings and Databases</a> by Josephine Bush Twitter @hellosqlkitty</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></p><p>No assignments this week Dear Reader as it is already Thursday. I will attempt to resume our normal cadence next Monday! My hope for you is take some time, rest, relax, and think of the fact that I'm moving the heavy stuff during the hot months in Florida. Then take an extra deep sip of that ice cold <insert beer, mixed drink, or non-alcoholic beverage of choice />.</p><p>Until next time Dear Reader and as always, Thank You for stopping by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p></div>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-79938672653022783862023-05-23T11:26:00.006-04:002023-05-23T11:28:22.599-04:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 05-15-2023 The Graduate & the Very BIG Week<div><b><u>MY WILL, MY BUG, MY GRADUATE</u></b></div><div><br /></div>Just a little under 18 and one half years ago, William came into my life. There are a lot of words to describe a new baby, but the one surround Will's birth is hard to quantify. Don't get me wrong. Joy, happiness, elation, wonder, awe, all-encompassing-love, all of those words were there.<div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2p6GB0CqpTv3OOXq65cyTJbX1hy3W86fAHnHkuq_hc2iXMRSz10PUeWdR8cW1q2Xwq7Q9MFDX3-5q2WWzyWc5T8NRVt2NEMelV4swmi9T3E3UB1J7A7hQmtgQJRZCbwOEczIMgvdM63FRnMo0czz-7PCWMAbkzg2O7kPAtJ4Wr0Zam0iAuUJNaQM/s2048/William%20007.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2p6GB0CqpTv3OOXq65cyTJbX1hy3W86fAHnHkuq_hc2iXMRSz10PUeWdR8cW1q2Xwq7Q9MFDX3-5q2WWzyWc5T8NRVt2NEMelV4swmi9T3E3UB1J7A7hQmtgQJRZCbwOEczIMgvdM63FRnMo0czz-7PCWMAbkzg2O7kPAtJ4Wr0Zam0iAuUJNaQM/s320/William%20007.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holding Will's hand on day 3</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Eventually. </div><div><br /></div><div>Will's birth was the most intense 24 hours, and then week, of my life. <div><br /></div><div>William was my third child, so having one was not new to me, but this experience was. Whereas his brother and sister had cried loudly, been weighed, and handed over in warming blankets to be cuddled with; William was rushed away. He was born into this world with a collapsed lung. </div><div><br /></div><div>While I've spoken about this, I've never written about it before. There is a lot flooding back to me just looking at the picture on the screen. He was born just before Christmas and I've always been thankful to the nurses, the doctors, and other stall at the Sentra Hampton Roads Hospital until we moved we used to bring them cookies every Christmas Eve, remembering those wonderful people there over night with us. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSYRvYG-g1LlVyVn950HDocAK32OJMHft-isRj5JK4Rg3FGL5rjhXa8LnElv_dJWP4nX5mCBfM2mABvwdrWsupNFTnXeL7vXgIvCsHHmRU7aJEZ_XO976F0C6Tw9DCVjyeqWSahbEZOG09OTVPTgH8sjidSNn3Dr6b2oFlew3mfMQgIzgN3JvCc73y" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSYRvYG-g1LlVyVn950HDocAK32OJMHft-isRj5JK4Rg3FGL5rjhXa8LnElv_dJWP4nX5mCBfM2mABvwdrWsupNFTnXeL7vXgIvCsHHmRU7aJEZ_XO976F0C6Tw9DCVjyeqWSahbEZOG09OTVPTgH8sjidSNn3Dr6b2oFlew3mfMQgIzgN3JvCc73y" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Graduate & Family</td></tr></tbody></table>Let me skip forward in time. William's lung miraculously reinflated. After 5 days the oxygen hood came off, we were able to hold him, and feed him. He came home a bright beautiful bouncing baby boy, and grew so very fast. We have had lots of adventures. </div><div><br /></div><div>My Bug, my nickname for Will, loves roller coasters and amusement parks. I think he is the only person in the family that loves theme parks as much as I do. For the last 15 years he has been my roller coaster riding buddy. </div><div><br /></div><div>Last Thursday he graduated from High School. Roller coaster riding buddy indeed. That first hill was a big one. He is off to college this Fall, but it feels like only yesterday I was holding that little hand. One of my favorite quotes comes from the Little Buddhist Handbook, <i>"The trouble IS you BELIEVE you have time"</i>. Yes. That is the trouble.</div><div><br /></div><div>Next up, we will head to college orentationnext month. Before then we will move, because we bought a house. We've all been doing a lot of work on it getting it ready to move in. William is leading the way on the painting front, having painted his room and helping is younger sister with hers. The move is officially underway, not just because of the hours of work, or mounds of things we've already moved. No, the way I know this is I am sore in places I forgot I could get sore.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>THE BIG WEEK</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>We talked about it last week Dear Reader, but a very big week is upon us. Microsoft Build starts today. On Wednesday 5/24 & Thursday 5/25 there will be a massive Digital Event that will be simulcast across the Guy in a Cube, Power BI, and Azure Synapse YouTube channels starting at 9 am PST.</div><div><br /></div><div>One hour before we will be live on the Tales from the Field YouTube channel. Adam Saxton (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/awsaxton">@awsaxton</a>) of Guy in a Cube (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/guyinacube">@GuyinaCube</a>), Kal Yella & Bradley Schacht (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/bradleyschacht">@BradleySchacht</a>) from the Azure Synapse PG, and of course Josh Luedeman (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/joshluedeman">@JoshLuedeman</a>), Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@Neeraj_Jhaveri</a>), Daniel Taylor (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/DBABulldog">@DBABulldog</a>), Andres Padilla (<a href="https://twitter.com/Nodestreamio">@Nodestreamio</a>), and myself will be live. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here are the links to the pre-show:</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgief-u86Bq32aRCOLXGXC4gR2W7fgrJNXchgBxjAjUUX9ODFsvG3zdif5hUhYTVO98x0Q7K7s4GVW90I7sBQ_jb171iobGRc3UVcJbD_teWLgreRJ1axgIpSUvD8SCAen-LjVluZpi6sOb06TBMMbq-mnTFbMwju2ZUdTzOXoC_WrK7ebAiq0PBoKS/s1280/main%20digital%20event.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgief-u86Bq32aRCOLXGXC4gR2W7fgrJNXchgBxjAjUUX9ODFsvG3zdif5hUhYTVO98x0Q7K7s4GVW90I7sBQ_jb171iobGRc3UVcJbD_teWLgreRJ1axgIpSUvD8SCAen-LjVluZpi6sOb06TBMMbq-mnTFbMwju2ZUdTzOXoC_WrK7ebAiq0PBoKS/w400-h225/main%20digital%20event.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-tZU_3Maiw">May 24th 2023 - Microsoft Digital Event Pre-Show</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBe56dGY5cY">May 25th 2023 - Microsoft Digital Event Pre-Show</a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-indent: -24px;">For more <a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/microsoft-digital-event-pre-show-azure-fasttrack-power-bi-cat/ba-p/3821566">read our pre-show announcement blog</a>, <a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/microsoft-digital-event-pre-show-azure-fasttrack-power-bi-cat/ba-p/3821566 " style="text-indent: -24px;">Microsoft Digital Event Pre-Show: Azure FastTrack, Power BI CAT, & Azure Synapse Analytics PG</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>MONDAY 5-15-2023</u></b></div><div>On Monday my friend Daniel Taylor released an AMAZING video. He walked through the process of taking<a href="https://ola.hallengren.com/"> Ola Hallengren's SQL Server Mainteance Solutions </a>and using them with Azure SQL Database using Azure Data Factory. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="322" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yZl_x39nizE" width="480" youtube-src-id="yZl_x39nizE"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>If you have Azure SQL Databases in your environment <a href="https://youtu.be/yZl_x39nizE"><i>Azure SQL Database Maintenance Plans with DYNAMIC Azure Data Factory Pipeline!!</i></a> It is one of our most viewed videos ever, and Dan is very excited to add on to it!</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><u>WEDNESDAY 5-17-2023</u></b></div><div>On Wednesday I released <a href="5 REASONS TO USE Azure SQL Managed Instance!! "><i>5 REASONS TO USE Azure SQL Managed Instance!! </i></a> This was our first list. I had several different videos I've made and will make on Azure SQL Managed Instance.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="335" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w7WlvynU7Qk" width="477" youtube-src-id="w7WlvynU7Qk"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I don't feel like enough people are aware of the service and what it can do. If there is an item on the list you want to see a longer video on, let me know we always love the feedback!</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><u>TUESDAY 5-16-2023</u></b></div><div>On Tuesday we had our <a href="https://youtube.com/live/sM3zUkFwkRA"><i>Azure Data Community Round Table</i></a> featuring content from the creators in the Community for the Community! We had a great conversation opening the show about Mother's Day weekend and the activities surrounding it for each of us, plus a Happy belated Mother's Day to all the MOM's out there!!!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="328" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sM3zUkFwkRA" width="481" youtube-src-id="sM3zUkFwkRA"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>As always the star of the show is the content, so here is the content by the WONDERFUL creators by order of appearence on the show:</div></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Honorable Mention<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/microsoft-digital-event-pre-show-azure-fasttrack-power-bi-cat/ba-p/3821566 ">Microsoft Digital Event Pre-Show: Azure
FastTrack, Power BI CAT, & Azure Synapse Analytics PG</a> by Bradley Ball, featuring Adam Saxton &
Bradley Schacht & Guy in Cube Twitter @SQLBalls, @BradleySchacht, &
@GuyInACube</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Neeraj</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-cognitive-services-blog/scaling-strategies-for-large-scale-azure-cognitive-services/ba-p/3819520 ">Scaling strategies for large scale AzureCognitive Services deployments</a> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">by RK Iyer</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bradley<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> <a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/announcing-general-availability-of-azure-data-studio-extension/ba-p/3794115 ">
</a></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/announcing-general-availability-of-azure-data-studio-extension/ba-p/3794115 ">Announcing General Availability of Azure Data
Studio extension SQL Database Projects</a> by Steve Jones Twitter @Way0utWest via
@SQLServerCentrl<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Andres<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-machine-learning-blog/getting-started-with-azure-machine-learning-responsible-ai/ba-p/3746948 ">Getting started with Azure Machine LearningResponsible AI components </a> by Ruth Yakubu Twitter @ruthieyakubu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Josh<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://github.com/microsoft/ARI ">Azure Resource Inventory</a> by Claudio Merola Twitter @ClaudioMerola_<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Neeraj<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/chatgpt-python-power-bi-9771774810e0?gi=0c4eab0536f5">ChatGPT + Python+ Power BI</a> by Gabe Araujo, M.Sc. Twitter @AIGenesis3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bradley<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/7663/identify-sql-server-locking-and-blocking-for-rows-tables-and-objects/">Script to Decode SQL Server Locking and BlockingWait Resources</a> by Eric Blinn Twitter @mssqltips</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Andres<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://betterprogramming.pub/pandas-spark-and-polars-when-to-use-which-f4e85d909c6f">Pandas, Spark, and Polars - When To Use Which?</a> by Martin Karlsoon Twitter @HelloKarlsson</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Josh<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/a-beginners-guide-to-data-reliability-engineering-8bfd9b9fcaf6">A Beginner's Guide to Database Reliability
Engineering</a> by Kovid Rathee Twitter @Kovid_R<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Neeraj<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/05/04/how-microsoft-can-help-you-go-passwordless-this-world-password-day/ ">How Microsoft can help you go passwordless thisWorld Password Day</a> by Alex Weinert Twitter @Alex_T_Weinert<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Bradley<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://sqlserverfast.com/blog/hugo/2023/05/t-sql-tuesday-162-execution-plans-according-to-chatgpt/">T-SQL Tuesday 162 – Execution plans according toChatGPT</a> by Hugo Kornelis Twitter @Hugo_Kornelis</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Andres<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--> <a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/getting-a-grip-on-data-and-model-drift-with-azure-machine-learning-ebd240176b8b ">Getting aGrip on Data and Model Drift with Azure Machine Learning</a> by Natasha Savic & Andreas Kopp</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Josh<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://matthewmcgiffen.com/2023/05/15/tde-database-backups-and-high-availability/ ">TDE: Database Backups and High Availability</a> by Matthew McGiffen Twitter @mattMcGiffen<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></div><div>Ok Dear Reader remember today is the kick off of MS Build. If you haven't registered go do it, it takes a few minutes and it get's you free access to the big show.</div><div><br /></div><div>On Monday we posted <a href="https://youtu.be/AWpKmJqqr0U"><i>USE Azure Managed Identity to Backup Azure SQL Managed Instance to Blob Storage, NOT SAS Tokens!!</i></a> if you are using Azure SQL Managed Instance you want to go give that one a look, this is the way we should be doing our COPY_ONLY backups.</div><div><br /></div><div>Today is the Azure Data Community Round Table, followed by our live pre-shows on Wednesday & Thursday. PLUS a very special video drop this Wednesday.</div><div><br /></div><div>We hope you get to spend some time with us this week and as always Dear Reader, Thank You for stopping by.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br /></div><div>Brad</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-38541094195309211942023-05-15T11:54:00.007-04:002023-05-15T11:58:27.129-04:00Microsoft Digital Event Pre-Show: Azure FastTrack, Power BI CAT, & Azure Synapse Analytics PG<p> <span face="SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">Next week is Microsoft Build and there is a</span><span face="SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-digital-event-may-24-25/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" target="_self">Microsoft Digital Event occurring on May 24 - 25 starting at 9 AM Pacific Time</a><span face="SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span face="SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">for a live simulcast with a lot of exciting announcements. This is EXTENDING into a 2 day digital event! This is a big event that will be emceed by everyone's favorite hosts</span><span face="SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/guyinacube/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" target="_self">Adam Saxton</a><span face="SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span face="SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">&</span><span face="SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickdleblanc/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" target="_self">Patrick LeBlanc</a><span face="SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span face="SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">the dynamic duo also known as</span><span face="SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFp1vaKzpfvoGai0vE5VJ0w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" target="_self">Guy in a Cube</a><span face="SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;">Now before we get to the BIG EVENT, we need a pre-show! The pre-show will be happening as a lead in each day on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0WSqYstuCm0f9QoO1wmZIA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac;" target="_self">Tales from the Field</a> one hour before the Digital Event kicks off. The Digital Event will take place as a simulcast on the YouTube channels of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MicrosoftPowerBI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac;" target="_self">Power BI</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AzureSynapse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac;" target="_self">Azure Synapse Analytics</a>, & <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@GuyInACube" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac;" target="_self">Guy in a Cube</a>.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;">Tales from the Field is a show hosted by four Microsoft data experts from the Azure FastTrack PG, all of the hosts are engineers on Azure FastTrack helping customers and working with Microsoft Product Groups to improve the customer experience. The hosts of Tales from the field are <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sqlballs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac;" target="_self">Bradley Ball</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshluedeman/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac;" target="_self">Josh Luedeman</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrespadillaandrade/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac;" target="_self">Andrés Padilla</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/neerajjhaveri/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac;" target="_self">Neeraj Jhaveri</a>, & <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieltaylor3/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac;" target="_self">Daniel Taylor. </a>They produce <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGhvA9jw5mvi-b5SQuVP_sHxN4jZ4F5fZ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac;" target="_self">technical content weekly</a> and hold an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGhvA9jw5mvhyKIPEGjC5bgUYPaiCA3yi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac;" target="_self">Azure Data Community Round Table</a> highlighting blogs, videos, or any other helpful information provided to the community by the creators within community!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;">Their guests for this pre-show will be <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/guyinacube/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac;" target="_self">Adam Saxton Principal PM for the Power BI CAT Team</a> and one half of the dynamic duo that is Guy in a Cube and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleyschacht/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac;" target="_self">Bradley Schacht Principal PM from the Azure Synapse Analytics</a> Product Group.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQHGN5E47iX1eRukOQGlb5Tkgrr8U9bvfa-Cd4C_JHBZN6sPT5RLNE1FlA8vJd85BeOXU7tXoF3MP2AdyTLwcbdmrQn3tGAmQ3DHTiCQ6sgExm4ML-fmkcW6yQiyeyF-3NNeyimBURpfebpxLE8XuYB-yrh0RnjgHIQsiL3yyN96q1DxCv5MroFgc/s1280/main%20digital%20event.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQHGN5E47iX1eRukOQGlb5Tkgrr8U9bvfa-Cd4C_JHBZN6sPT5RLNE1FlA8vJd85BeOXU7tXoF3MP2AdyTLwcbdmrQn3tGAmQ3DHTiCQ6sgExm4ML-fmkcW6yQiyeyF-3NNeyimBURpfebpxLE8XuYB-yrh0RnjgHIQsiL3yyN96q1DxCv5MroFgc/w400-h225/main%20digital%20event.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/microsoft-digital-event-pre-show-azure-fasttrack-power-bi-cat/ba-p/3821566">Read the rest of this blog over on the Microsoft Technet Blog here!</a></p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-56346123552496252142023-05-15T07:38:00.006-04:002023-05-15T07:38:38.117-04:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 05-08-2023 Mother's Day, Big News for MS Build, & the recap<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLhao1kqHcDxM3PbqxOkjnMFImr_yU1PBR_s8XqT3_Kliwg6CrWa0ZqGxSkFSTUZKi7TVjOAS71t69Az-HrYwYWyQ_C59ZmWQjm55UbnCLRRx7a3CpH4mXC9g0Tcoe70KgLiXrNh4K1n-zl4q6HFmiifN1_xbixmfZQgW1IQHDJSE_7Y5TIyv46h2/s2049/01c7d4c3c300752642a53485a4d2caa3ab32cde387.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLhao1kqHcDxM3PbqxOkjnMFImr_yU1PBR_s8XqT3_Kliwg6CrWa0ZqGxSkFSTUZKi7TVjOAS71t69Az-HrYwYWyQ_C59ZmWQjm55UbnCLRRx7a3CpH4mXC9g0Tcoe70KgLiXrNh4K1n-zl4q6HFmiifN1_xbixmfZQgW1IQHDJSE_7Y5TIyv46h2/s320/01c7d4c3c300752642a53485a4d2caa3ab32cde387.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader!! We also have some really, really, BIG NEWS for next week! It also happens that <a href="https://build.microsoft.com/en-US/home">next week is Microsoft Build</a>, make sure to register for free! But that news is coming a little later today.<div><br /></div><div>What's that..? I can't drop a teaser at the begining and then not give you a little more? That's fair.<br /><div><br /></div><div>...OK Dear Reader here's a sneak peak. </div><div><br /></div><div>We have not one, but TWO one hour live shows that will be on Wednesday May 24th & May 25th. We also have TWO big guests. </div><div><br /></div><div>Brad Schacht (Twitter |<a href="https://twitter.com/bradleyschacht">@BradleySchacht</a>) from the Azure Synapse Product Group AND Adam Saxton ( Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/awsaxton">@AWSaxton</a>) aka one half of <a href="https://twitter.com/guyinacube">@GuyInACube</a> will be there. But that's really all that I can say until a bit later. Other than, this is going to be fun & this is going to be BIG. Enough about the future let's talk about last week.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXaiwItwowgmZ4KDZeb82fIOcs0fusdib8C6GglyyZ8BxbuEKZnW3BxsERQo6bcKSmYwRXMZt8LqPOcz8LrrN62DX8a74AgkT-_h6x_JRLRGd9NmNP-vyvsq_1bx0Q3CDpJLfwBfzAave7PuX_EaHCy14MaieSO3xp0ukwVquiRjarda7FhkaBw-51/s2049/016d26563986daefcd953bbcbaed3d7140575a3363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXaiwItwowgmZ4KDZeb82fIOcs0fusdib8C6GglyyZ8BxbuEKZnW3BxsERQo6bcKSmYwRXMZt8LqPOcz8LrrN62DX8a74AgkT-_h6x_JRLRGd9NmNP-vyvsq_1bx0Q3CDpJLfwBfzAave7PuX_EaHCy14MaieSO3xp0ukwVquiRjarda7FhkaBw-51/s320/016d26563986daefcd953bbcbaed3d7140575a3363.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>This past week was Mother's Day, happy belated Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there! My parent's 50th wedding anniversary was this past year. My siblings and I teamed up to buy them a cruise to Europe and they are out having a wonderful time!! Because of this Mom was not here this Mother's Day but there are plenty of Mom's to be recognized in the family, more than just those that we get to see locally. My niece had her first Mother's Day, congratulations Destiny!! To celebrate we did what has become an annual tradition. I make mimosa's, we take the ladies to the spa, and we all get pedicures.</div><div><p></p><p>Let's start with the mimosa recipe because it is a good one:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1/3 a champagne flute of Orange Juice</li><li>1/2 oz Don Julio Blanco tequila</li><li>1/2 oz Gand Marnier Cognac & Orange Liqueur</li><li>fill remaining flute with good champagne like Veuve Clicquot</li></ul><div>The pedicures started as a simple thing. I took my wife and her Mom, my amazing mother-in-law Judith Gonzalez to get a pedicure and manicure. The next year my Mom & youngest Sister came over and I included them. Instead of just sitting there waiting I decided to join them for the pedicure and the tradition began. </div><div><br /></div><div>The next is that every year I get the kids to help me cook Mother's Day brunch. The main course was by request. Heart shaped chocolate chip pancakes. I don't do anything simple.</div><div><br /></div><div>In my house bananas are enjoyed by all. So I made a banana's foster's syrup to go with the pancakes. For this recipe you need banana's, butter, brown sugar, good dark rum (we used my Diplamatico), and maple syrup. </div><div><br /></div><div>You make banana's foster, flambe, then you add in the maple syrup and stir, finally ladling over finished pancakes. Quick tip, the syrup is hot so if you cut fresh unsalted cream butter and put it on the pancake, then pour the syrup, the butter will be perfectly soft when the plate lands on the table.</div><div><br /></div><div>Pedicures, pancakes, mimosas, all complete I set about fixing a toilet at the new house and installing a bidet. All in all a very productive weekend. Dear Reader, I hope you and your family had a great and Happy Mother's Day. Ok, on to the recap.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>MONDAY 05-08-2023</u></b></div><div>On Monday Andres Padilla (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/nodestreamio">@NodeStreamIO</a>) & Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@Neeraj_Jhaveri</a>) presented <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZH7HWsDZjo">Computer Vision using Azure ML Studio!!</a> </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="335" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EZH7HWsDZjo" width="468" youtube-src-id="EZH7HWsDZjo"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>In this video Andres walk through the steps to connect to Azure machine Learning Studio, Importing the required libraries, downloading the data, all the way through training your model. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><u>WEDNESDAY 05-10-2023</u></b></div><div>On Wednesday I released <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j0rXirslU4">No-Code PERFORMANCE GAINS with Intelligent Query Processing in Azure SQL & SQL Server!!</a> I walk through 2 different ways to restore the World Wide Importers database into Azure SQL Database. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="321" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1j0rXirslU4" width="477" youtube-src-id="1j0rXirslU4"></iframe></div><br /><div>Then we review how to provision a Serverless Azure SQL Database and why you want to use Serverless. Using demos from Bob Ward's ( Twitter |<a href="https://twitter.com/bobwardms)"> @bobwardms</a>) demos from his amazing <a href="https://aka.ms/sql2022workshop">SQL Server 2022 class that is available for free here!!</a> I then show how self-healing Persisted memory grant feedback works in Azure SQL Database by dropping the performance of a query from over 1 minute to less than 2 seconds!</div><div><br /></div><div>This is in place for Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server 2022 we just need to have our database compatibility level at 150 or above.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b><u>TUESDAY 05-09-2023</u></b></div><div>On Tuesday it's my FAVORITE half-hour of the week! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq-VqKfVm7g">The Azure Data Community Round Table </a>with Josh Luedeman (Twitter |<a href="https://twitter.com/Joshluedeman"> @JoshLuedeman)</a>, Andres Padilla, Neeraj Jhaveri, and myself. We recapped the fun that we had at SQL Saturday Jacksonville.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="336" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Oq-VqKfVm7g" width="466" youtube-src-id="Oq-VqKfVm7g"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>After a conversation that covered Guardians of the Galaxy 3, The Flash, and Andre's amazing drone demo at SQL Saturday Jax we got to the real star of the show. The content. Here is the content covered on the show in the order of appearance:</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Neeraj</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-digital-event-may-24-25/ ">Microsoft Digital Event </a> by Tyler Mays-Childers, Guy in Cube Twitter @sposit & @GuyInACube</div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/using-the-new-open-source-sqlcmd-to-create-containers">Using the New Open Source SQLCMD to Create Containers</a> by Steve Jones Twitter @Way0utWest via @SQLServerCentrl</div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://youtu.be/cK5AyawZSUI">Everything You Want to Know About Onnx </a>by Janakiram MSV Twitter @janakiramm</div><div><br /></div><div>Josh</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.desertislesql.com/wordpress1/?p=2240">Four Different Ways to Incorporate Azure Synapse and PowerBI</a> by Ginger Grant Twitter @desertislesql</div><div><br /></div><div>Neeraj</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/analytics-on-azure-blog/build-real-time-dashboard-with-power-bi-dataset-produced-by/ba-p/3747528">Build real-time dashboard with Power BI dataset produced by Azure Stream Analytics no-code editor </a> by Xu Jiang Twitter @xujx</div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://sqlkitty.com/automating-database-maintenance-on-azure-sql/ ">Automating Database Maintenance on Azure SQL</a> by Josephine (Branch) Bush Twitter @hellosqlkitty</div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-applied-ai-blog/supercharge-archive-content-discovery-with-chatgpt-and-azure/ba-p/3788061">Supercharge Archive Content Discovery with ChatGPT and Azure Video Indexer</a> by Fardau Van Neerden Twitter @thefmister</div><div><br /></div><div>Josh</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://dataonwheels.wordpress.com/2023/03/16/building-deploying-sharing-a-remote-jupyter-book-in-azure-data-studio/">Building, Deploying, and Sharing a Remote Jupyter Book in Azure Data Studio</a> by Steve Hughes Twitter @dataonwheels</div><div><br /></div><div>Neeraj</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2022/12/analytics-vidhyas-top-10-blogs-on-computer-vision-in-2022">Analytics Vidhya's Top 10 Blogs on Computer Vision in 2022</a> by Sanjana Rajpal Twitter @AnalyticsVidhya</div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/48xA3za4ISayllqk99L8xA">The Blooming of AI Spring</a> by Patrick LeBlanc & Buck Woody Twitter @PatrickDBA & @BuckWoodyMSFT via @Spotify</div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://petri.com/microsofts-azure-storage-mover/">Microsoft’s New Azure Storage Mover Makes Cloud Migrations Easier </a> by Rabia Noureen Twitter @RabiaNoureen11 </div><div><br /></div><div>Josh</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://dataflowe.wordpress.com/2020/11/18/monitoring-sql-server-on-linux-part-1-installing-sysstat-surviving-without-perfmon/">Monitoring SQL Server on Linux Part 1: Installing sysstat (Surviving Without Perfmon) </a> by Rick Lowe Twitter @dataflowe</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></div><div>A couple of reminders this week. Don't forget Dear Reader we have our <a href="https://youtube.com/live/sM3zUkFwkRA">Azure Data Community Round Table Tuesday 5/16 at 1 pm EST</a>. Today we have an MS Tech Bits where our very own Daniel Taylor (Twitter | @DBABulldog) walks us through <a href="https://youtu.be/yZl_x39nizE">how to use Ola Hallengren's scripts to set up Database Maintenance on Azure SQL Database using Azure Data Factory!</a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Remember to stay tuned for that big news, and as always Dear Reader Thank You for stopping by.</div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br /></div><div>Brad</div>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-71237593076223812612023-05-08T11:55:00.002-04:002023-05-08T11:55:43.824-04:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 05-01-2023 A new house, a reunion, & 15 Years of SQL Saturday Jacksonville <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CkciQBpf0TWDf0tRZFsDInFKvWcA6ARlCZ-3L7MeWok7erwGXt6TFAVI0DQj6KamcwRghXh1KEZ06VTIMmzQ3KGvyQVokvyV2bdLZDL7x5QuVDA17y7C-X6ia_LLscdVy-aGhS_83NxqcrRvyVLR0iUUep8Kj2woaMmjP2fn38nkLivu7T7SF_ek/s2049/012a9fd2f66ca3cb21da895d76685482ed476fe5fa.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CkciQBpf0TWDf0tRZFsDInFKvWcA6ARlCZ-3L7MeWok7erwGXt6TFAVI0DQj6KamcwRghXh1KEZ06VTIMmzQ3KGvyQVokvyV2bdLZDL7x5QuVDA17y7C-X6ia_LLscdVy-aGhS_83NxqcrRvyVLR0iUUep8Kj2woaMmjP2fn38nkLivu7T7SF_ek/s320/012a9fd2f66ca3cb21da895d76685482ed476fe5fa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader, what a week! On Thursday my wife and I closed on a new house. We are so incredibly excited! We owned a house for a very short period of time. When we bought the house we did not look at the school districts. <div><br /></div><div>When the kiddos came to live with us full time during the pandemic we quickly found out the schools were..... really bad. Great <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">neighborhood</span>, beautiful house, bad schools. So we quickly came to the conclusion that we would have to move.</div><div><br /></div><div>We found and even better <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">neighborhood</span>, AMAZING schools, but the cost was the house. We hadn't owned long enough to get much equity. As a matter of fact we lost quite a bit of money. We sold during the pandemic before the housing market went crazy. We thought we would save for a year and then buy a new house in this great <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">neighborhood</span>. What's the old phrase? "Man plans, God laughs". Yeah, the housing market went nuts. One year turned to two, two years turned to three, and three looked like it would turn into four. With three months left before our lease expired I did a lot of calculations and found we might be able to get a house. AND WE DID!!!</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2jfLAaEYIVl6Klh7m7naACkM-dWSVWTJFpHdaCrejG6Kg-aiuDfuCaQgTaVyDEWSYwGlyuSQydRLlA7F8Jsp0ZnFRGt6mR9CVcO-baRmf2ThogFsyTVu1Vd8cbBQQPLrxccSN3JMZhL_SaqPmHHFmTdMRbVeVW_i5WtnYcGG1cuwexzlI0aju-vO/s2049/01aca8f0762dafca75699a7b7ab055080571d48ba3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2jfLAaEYIVl6Klh7m7naACkM-dWSVWTJFpHdaCrejG6Kg-aiuDfuCaQgTaVyDEWSYwGlyuSQydRLlA7F8Jsp0ZnFRGt6mR9CVcO-baRmf2ThogFsyTVu1Vd8cbBQQPLrxccSN3JMZhL_SaqPmHHFmTdMRbVeVW_i5WtnYcGG1cuwexzlI0aju-vO/s320/01aca8f0762dafca75699a7b7ab055080571d48ba3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We had just started to really enjoy doing the small things that make a house yours. The best part is we only one mile away from our old house, so we get to keep the same awesome schools, we stay in the same <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">neighborhood</span>, and I get to keep my same running & walking routes!</div><div><br /></div><div>That would normally be enough news for a month, but you know me there is no rest. After closing on the house I hit the road to the <a href="https://sqlsaturday.com/2023-05-06-sqlsaturday1041/">15th Anniversary of SQL Saturday Jacksonville</a>.<br /><div><br /><p></p><p>Josh Luedeman (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/joshluedeman">@JoshLuedeman</a>), Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@Neeraj_Jhaveri</a>), Daniel Taylor (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/dbabulldog">@DBABulldog</a>), Andres Padilla (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/nodestreamio">@nodestreamio</a>), & myself all decided we should submit to the conference. The really amazing part, as much time as we've spent with online we've never all gathered together before. Josh, Neeraj, & I had met pre-covid during work trips, but Andres & Dan had joined our team during the pandemic. Our good friend Bradley Schacht (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/bradleyschacht">@BradleySchacht</a>) from the Azure Synapse Product Group joined us!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ddTqnmh8bG5s3EkEO3XXnW2i7oP7jPhYAiLJnk51qfcZSUCja5ADkaBoI3tOHhyyrZPYKZgGcQgxqGcyZZvDWM74FG35SgCbvtnhT7omBH8FoT3sLp-j29ZP2dAFen3jRo-tDkdezeeoOdnPK9fjrKqm3r8U7MJRkmfIp5aWLi1kpL70O4bZdE3v/s2049/011694c55b427e6a549598a328e8b3528aced0bf19.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ddTqnmh8bG5s3EkEO3XXnW2i7oP7jPhYAiLJnk51qfcZSUCja5ADkaBoI3tOHhyyrZPYKZgGcQgxqGcyZZvDWM74FG35SgCbvtnhT7omBH8FoT3sLp-j29ZP2dAFen3jRo-tDkdezeeoOdnPK9fjrKqm3r8U7MJRkmfIp5aWLi1kpL70O4bZdE3v/s320/011694c55b427e6a549598a328e8b3528aced0bf19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>We started out with a nice dinner on Thursday and the in person <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">preparations </span>began for our pre-con <a href="https://www.meetup.com/jaxssug/events/291160538">DBA 101: A Full Day of Fundamentals</a>. We had a great group of gentlemen that joined us for the day. We covered a lot of basics about SQL Server and the Cloud, specifically Azure, but we made sure people understood how to translate that skill set. </p><p>We did a lot of group exercises, starting with building on premise, hybrid, and cloud <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">architectures</span>. Then applying SLA's, RTO, RPO requirements so we could discuss how to configure backups, high availability, and then disaster recovery.</p><p>We reviewed basic security within SQL Server which translates to Azure SQL, as well as some basic Identity topics covering AD & AAD. Great group of people and a great way to kick off Friday.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3OheKblzUr9zfONPFXUR01WNpXFuLblGEgnnbDUwCY8DoupN-6eh1wv4HrxY9H1CaeqNrjX_fiuvJe1yp8FnzJG7GkwDPFDFQIQ6VDmtP02aIyCqG6d9mhC_imunz-iUW02Nu6K_7akQ6UrWgq4Q9qNgFwMCnyv3yL0yoogUjbUlur1r9b0OMLCZ/s2048/01834a664804fef922f2cd8316a7f49a7991ab5c97.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="2048" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3OheKblzUr9zfONPFXUR01WNpXFuLblGEgnnbDUwCY8DoupN-6eh1wv4HrxY9H1CaeqNrjX_fiuvJe1yp8FnzJG7GkwDPFDFQIQ6VDmtP02aIyCqG6d9mhC_imunz-iUW02Nu6K_7akQ6UrWgq4Q9qNgFwMCnyv3yL0yoogUjbUlur1r9b0OMLCZ/s320/01834a664804fef922f2cd8316a7f49a7991ab5c97.jpg" width="320" /></a>Friday night took us to the SQL Saturday Speaker dinner and then a group <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">activity </span>we had planned together watching the Guardians of the Galaxy 3. No spoilers. Great movie and a really nice send off to the <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">trilogy</span>.</p><p>After that we headed back to the hotel, hung out, had some nice conversations, and then went to sleep so we could start the big event, SQL Saturday.</p><p>All of us who have been in the community for a while have seen the ups and downs that happened during the pandemic. We all had a lot to deal with in that time, and there were some <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">devastating </span>losses for me personally. Maybe next year I will write about it, but there are some areas that are still to raw for me. I'm sure there are for a lot of people. I tried to remind myself during that time that in the middle of something you cannot see the end, nor can you see the recovery. I held fast to the idea that they would occur.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIDKEDhXVcArSdGGHXNm_qeK5niYgF-hNBdpIsPEKV_FNDF9WG4a27MfY0dFOnPMcwwDDTPaL7-DgbMTX38DGRHA9NJPiy9hy6V1u7XU3Zw9tW10w1F2Yu0jiLaLWVhZtm4jBaAqri4nPmCKupvriuvHcg-z4_0pEFg6qW3kH0K2-BtI6O3DHvl9S/s2049/01f90aeec4af2f2f99ae3695c4122540d3833021a1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIDKEDhXVcArSdGGHXNm_qeK5niYgF-hNBdpIsPEKV_FNDF9WG4a27MfY0dFOnPMcwwDDTPaL7-DgbMTX38DGRHA9NJPiy9hy6V1u7XU3Zw9tW10w1F2Yu0jiLaLWVhZtm4jBaAqri4nPmCKupvriuvHcg-z4_0pEFg6qW3kH0K2-BtI6O3DHvl9S/s320/01f90aeec4af2f2f99ae3695c4122540d3833021a1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>In the SQL Community I have made so many close deeply personal friendships, that calling people "friends" hardly does <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">justice </span>to what I feel. Of those people Karla & Rodney Landrum are up there at the top. The last time I saw them they came to Orlando to visit. Karla, Rodney, Sue, and myself went to Chef's in the Paris district of Epcot. We also had them over to the house. I cooked, Karla mixed the drinks (which I loved still to this day!) and we had a fantastic time. That was 2019. There is no way we could have known how long it would be until we saw each other again, what we would have encountered. It was all I could do not to breakdown crying as I hugged Karla.<p></p>I didn't realize she would be there, and the joy I feel even know days removed is palpable. I'm so glad we are having in person events again. I'm so glad I get to see my friends, donate my time, and teach people. If you have a SQL Saturday happening near you, you've got to check them out, I cannot recommend getting involved enough.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ok, over to the recap.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>MONDAY 5-1-2023</u></b></div><div>On Monday Josh Luedeman published his first video, way to go JOSH!! Josh's video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL6T15yEB_Q">Setup Windows with Chocolatey for Data Developers</a> walked us through using the Chocolatey packages to install and configure post-Windows installation tasks easily!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="333" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BL6T15yEB_Q" width="477" youtube-src-id="BL6T15yEB_Q"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>He installed Git, WSL 2, <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Ubuntu</span>, Spotify, Discord, PowerShell, Azure Data Studio, SQL Server Management Studio, and Signal! If you find yourself setting up a new Windows computer, this is a fantastic shortcut to the installation process. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div><b><u>WEDNESDAY 5-3-2023</u></b></div><div>On Wedneday we released my latest video on creating a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPrdVwkWUeE">Dynamic Pipeline in Azure Synapse & Data Factory!!</a> This is a process that I've walked many customers through over the years. The key is we are trying to minimize the number of Source & Sink data sets created to import data in this video.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="333" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wPrdVwkWUeE" width="477" youtube-src-id="wPrdVwkWUeE"></iframe></div><br /><div>Dynamic Pipelines are incredibly powerful and can be used in many different ways. This was just one of them, but based on the reaction from you Dear Reader, we will be showing a few additional ways this can be used!</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><u>TUESDAY 5-2-2023</u></b></div><div>We kicked off the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkAhbOoVgD0">Azure Data Community Round Table this past week</a> discussing the weather and how much we were all looking forward to getting together at SQL Saturday Jacksonville.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="332" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hkAhbOoVgD0" width="465" youtube-src-id="hkAhbOoVgD0"></iframe></div><br /><div>Of course as we all know the star of the show is the Community. So without further ado here are the links in order of <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">appearance </span>on the show:</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Neeraj</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://blog.hubspot.com/website/data-warehouse-concepts">The Plain-English Guide to Data Warehouses [+ Examples]</a> by Swetha Amaresan Twitter @swethamaresan</div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sql-server-blog/how-to-create-linked-server-from-sql-server-to-azure-sql/ba-p/3037930">How to create Linked server from SQL Server to Azure SQL Database</a> by Madhumita Tripathy</div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.advancinganalytics.co.uk/blog/2022/5/23/31h3lzdpy2jxt0uoz3erfk82npmz3i ">Opening the eyes of the machine: Computer vision with AutoML</a> by Gavita Regunath & Dan Lantos Twitter @gavi_sr</div><div><br /></div><div>Josh</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8rAOgDdH1U">Optimizing Postgres for write heavy workloads ft. Checkpoint and WAL configs | Citus Con 2023</a> by Samar Sharma Twitter @samay_sharma</div><div><br /></div><div>Neeraj</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-data-factory-blog/capture-changed-data-from-your-cosmos-db-analytical-store/ba-p/3783530">Capture Changed Data From your Cosmos DB analytical store (Preview)</a> by Mark Kromer Twitter @KromerBigData</div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2537/sql-server-row-count-for-all-tables-in-a-database/ ">SQL Server Row Count for all Tables in a Database</a> by Dattatrey Sindol Twitter @dattatreysindol via @mssqltips</div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0VQTEEtRgk">Building a startup using Azure Computer Vision</a> by Nikhil Sehgal Twitter @nikhilsehgal_ai</div><div><br /></div><div>Josh</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://github.com/gep13-oss/ChocolateyPackages/blob/master/gep13.gitConfig/tools/ChocolateyInstall.ps1">Chocolate Install Git Config</a> by Gary Ewan Park Twitter @gep13</div><div><br /></div><div>Neeraj</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://piethein.medium.com/best-practices-for-purview-and-a-federated-way-of-working-7a146f10b3ac">Best practices for Purview and a federated way of working</a> by Piethein Strengholt Twitter @phstrengholt</div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://dbafromthecold.com/2023/04/26/eightkb-2023-schedule-and-registration/">EightKB 2023 – Schedule and Registration</a> by Andrew Pruski via SQL Server Central Twitter @dbafromthecold via @SQLServerCentrl</div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/internet-of-things-blog/bring-all-your-workloads-to-the-edge-with-aks-edge-essentials/ba-p/3765162">Bring all your workloads to the edge with AKS Edge Essentials</a> by Jason Farmer Twitter @MG_cafe01</div><div><br /></div><div>Josh</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/monitoring-deadlocks-in-azure-sql-managed-instance/ba-p/3757558">Monitoring Deadlocks in Azure SQL Managed Instance</a> by Bradley Ball Twitter @SQLBalls</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></div><div>What an amazing week we had last week, and it's only going to get better! This week we have Andres & Neeraj presenting <a href="https://youtu.be/EZH7HWsDZjo">Computer Vision with Azure ML Studio</a> that will be live today at 1 PM EST.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>I will have another video this Wednesday, and of course our Tales from the Field Azure Data Community Round table will be this Tuesday Live at 1 PM.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm sure we will figure out some adventure to have this weekend, alright Dear Reader. Time for me to head out, as always Thank You Dear Reader for stopping by.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br /></div><div>Brad</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-73687828835806272772023-05-02T06:04:00.001-04:002023-05-02T06:04:41.722-04:00Monitoring Deadlocks in Azure SQL Managed Instance <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuSXVUS4FgxKRYauhVzz_fT24TLwSvRD9HRQTf_sWNuULnwNAPpkN364DZAX3majWq8ywS5nomlajalCpgWP6ROaFWgHlrlegDHrQ09MNRv1O_ZJmdvSJv-_oEYEyCLxRxjr3HT44HBhTy9Az2XXUpvsfTCDA1pD1JpkKgQAd6hq8hxCACsSKu1mm/s958/Main.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="958" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuSXVUS4FgxKRYauhVzz_fT24TLwSvRD9HRQTf_sWNuULnwNAPpkN364DZAX3majWq8ywS5nomlajalCpgWP6ROaFWgHlrlegDHrQ09MNRv1O_ZJmdvSJv-_oEYEyCLxRxjr3HT44HBhTy9Az2XXUpvsfTCDA1pD1JpkKgQAd6hq8hxCACsSKu1mm/s320/Main.png" width="320" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader! My lastest blog on our Azure FastTrack blog for Microsoft is live, Monitoring Deadlocks in Azure SQL Managed Instance. <p></p><p>Here's a little from the blog:</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;">To paraphrase Annie, Deadlocks ARE JUST AWFUL! When they occur, it means one transaction was the victim and rolled back, the other succeeded. You have a couple different ways to monitor them in Azure SQL Managed Instance. Let's review those together. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;">What is a deadlock? <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/administration/monitor-database-deadlocks" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #146cac;" target="_self">To quote our MS Learn Documentation</a>, "Deadlocks occur when two or more processes or transactions block each other from continuing because each has locked a database resource that the other transaction needs". <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />In layman's terms a deadlock occurs when two queries are blocking one another and neither could ever complete its transaction. Pretend two people need to use the same door. They cannot fit through at the same time. One must stop and let the other proceeded first. Now add on top of that they both reached for the door knob and grabbed it at the same time, both pulling the door in an opposite direction. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;">Instead of simply waiting, one must let go of the door knob. In this case the door knob is a table, the hands reaching out are attempting to gain a lock. In SQL Server, all versions of the database engine, this is accomplished by the Lock Manager it uses a process called FIFO, first in first out, to determine who has to let go.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;">In the case of SQL one transaction is a deadlock victim, it is killed and the transaction is rolled back. So if this is occurring on your system fixing it is very important. First you have to find out if they are occurring, and that's what we will cover in this blog post today!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">To read the rest here is the link: <a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/monitoring-deadlocks-in-azure-sql-managed-instance/ba-p/3757558">Monitoring Deadlocks in Azure SQL Managed Instance</a>. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">As always Dear Reader, Thank You for stopping by.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;">Thanks,</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;">Brad</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SegoeUI, Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-78758568378956791762023-05-01T12:24:00.004-04:002023-05-01T12:24:33.750-04:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 04-24-2023 Steve Martin, Martin Short, & Tacos<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJVZgYRt628LVJo20d40iuTDpKKAnpi6iz930dabVjYyJKRaa6VGPBp-861rjWFcUY-HZHrskCCdb5zFQrYAGjr-sUFhEjJHEWtBbbv278eOOrWNOlmM_4KKNyY3fHr8av3HS-vFSj9hErYbLiqTUSSUCIRVOlVGtEYihTrqg2xxteg1mk1rA5c1A/s2049/018f9cd6aceeece355aee8567b6e0b93ee398c8b0d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJVZgYRt628LVJo20d40iuTDpKKAnpi6iz930dabVjYyJKRaa6VGPBp-861rjWFcUY-HZHrskCCdb5zFQrYAGjr-sUFhEjJHEWtBbbv278eOOrWNOlmM_4KKNyY3fHr8av3HS-vFSj9hErYbLiqTUSSUCIRVOlVGtEYihTrqg2xxteg1mk1rA5c1A/s320/018f9cd6aceeece355aee8567b6e0b93ee398c8b0d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader! I've realized something writting this blog. I don't like to sit still. It is very rare that I have a down weekend, and this weekend was no different. My amazing wife did something really cool for me for Christmas.<p></p><p>You see I'm hard to shop for, or at least that's what I've been told. I don't mean to be, but I am. My birthday is in January. When I was a kid you got presents on your bithrday and on Christmas. Even though they are in different years, mine are so close together that for 10 months of the year there is nadda, then 2 months PRESENTS!</p><p>So with that in mind, if I want something I tend to buy it. At this point in my adult life I'm just used to<br /> that. So Sue came up with something cool. I love giving people experiences be it with food, giving advice or tips on Orlando, Disney, or Universal Studios or even when peoplke come over playing bartender, setting up events with friends (<a href="https://www.sqlballs.com/2023/04/tales-from-field-weekly-wrap-up-for_24.html">see last week</a>).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWNehLWLznAjyn1uTw4D--tRAhBoWG6R6HpYwByXOErWL9ncX_v0GPh91WEoM84Vj6Gky_rxZOSVyxhRS-unU9_gBTXs0eTuo9IaUEcd1rLCVuM59wTnYk9A22FKtABAE7fBGIwmVL5fP6xmJjWOjO9UTWQhvz96N47J5gD2WZ8tSBLw36EIt1kTC/s2049/01b5f32a894fa0b373094292d043c4ef075b931f26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWNehLWLznAjyn1uTw4D--tRAhBoWG6R6HpYwByXOErWL9ncX_v0GPh91WEoM84Vj6Gky_rxZOSVyxhRS-unU9_gBTXs0eTuo9IaUEcd1rLCVuM59wTnYk9A22FKtABAE7fBGIwmVL5fP6xmJjWOjO9UTWQhvz96N47J5gD2WZ8tSBLw36EIt1kTC/s320/01b5f32a894fa0b373094292d043c4ef075b931f26.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sue got me experiences, and what a time we've had. That included this Saturday seeing Steve Martin & Martin Short live. I was laughing so hard throughout the event, but it wasn't just comedy. They are story tellers, showmen, and presetors. I couldn't help of people I know like Buck Woody (@Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/buckwoodymsft">@BuckWoodyMSFT</a> ), Patrick LeBlanc (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/patrickdba">@PatrickDBA</a>), or so many other amazing people in our community. <p></p><p>The timing and the comfort of doing a show with someone you know well. That made me think of Josh Ludeman (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/Joshluedeman">@JoshLuedeman</a>). There is no one in this world that I've presented with as much as<br /> Josh. As I enjoyed the banter back and forth you could see the comfort that comes from time and practice.</p><p>It was a great time and a great day. On Sunday we had that unusual down day. I did some work in the office, getting ready for our soon to be move, and when it came to dinner I wanted out of the house. I snapped a picture while we were out at <a href="https://bartaco.com/">bartaco</a>. It has be come more and more rare to have all five of us at dinner together. Looking at the picture afterwards I realized something importiant. Serenity is now at the teenage point of making goofy faces in every family photo.</p><p>....it'll be a long two years, but I have plenty of her brother's from that period in time. As the youngest this is the last time I'll have to go through this. That acknowledgement came with a bittersweet feeling.</p><p>All right enough about the weekend, let's get to the round up!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>MONDAY 4-24-2023</u></b></p><p>On Monday Daniel Taylor (Twitter | @DBABulldog) dropped his first video on the channel. Congratulations Dan! He had a really great point of view, working with a customer he needed to solve the problem of teaching them how to backup SQL Server via URL. The twist is the DBA's do not have rights to get SAS tokens, and so he had to teach the Azure Admins how to do that portion. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IIsEslo2tqw" width="475" youtube-src-id="IIsEslo2tqw"></iframe></div><br /><p> Dan walks through both tasks in this video to break down <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIsEslo2tqw">Backup to URL Seperation of duties</a>.</p><p><b><u>WEDNESDAY 4-26-2023</u></b></p><p>On Wednesday I went in a different direction. I had read a blog recently on how to pass a data frame to an Azure OpenAI model so you could ask questions about the data frame. We had featured it<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9jaukyZIQI"> in our Azure Data Community Round Table</a> two weeks ago. The blog was <i><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/make-data-more-human-with-azure-openai-and-azure-sql/">Make data more human with Azure OpenAI and Azure SQL</a></i> by Valentina Alto (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/AltoValentina">@AltoValentina</a>)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="338" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LEBfj4Dr5qc" width="480" youtube-src-id="LEBfj4Dr5qc"></iframe></div><br /><p>In this video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEBfj4Dr5qc" style="font-style: italic;">Use OpenAI, SQL Managed Instance, Python, and VSCode to UNLOCK INSIGHTS About YOUR Data!!!</a>, I walked through how to make this work using a data fram from a Domestic Box Office movie data table I had in a database. This was a lot of fun to walk through and the reception to this video has been really nice.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>TUESDAY 4-252023</u></b></p><p>Of courese on Tuesday we had our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-pla8Hw2o4"><i>Azure Data Community Round Table </i></a>where we feature your content and it is always the star of the show. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="317" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f-pla8Hw2o4" width="481" youtube-src-id="f-pla8Hw2o4"></iframe></div><br /><p>Here is the content coverd on the show in order of appearance:</p><p><br /></p><p>Dan</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://andyleonard.blog/2023/04/one-way-to-provision-an-azure-key-vault/">One Way to Provision an Azure Key Vault</a> by Andy Leonard Twitter @AndyLeonard</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.sqlshack.com/moving-the-ssisdb-catalog-on-a-new-sql-server-instance/">Moving the SSISDB Catalog on a new SQL Server instance</a> by Rajendra Gupta via SQLShack Twitter @rajendragupta16 via @SQLShack</p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw0irOIJYnA">Analysing Data with ChatGPT (Data Analysis and ML ) </a> by Jesiel (JCharis) Emmanuel Agbemabiase Twitter @JCharisTech</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://littlekendra.com/2023/01/24/chat-gpt-discusses-orms-and-databases/">Use ChatGPT to see multiple perspectives. An example: ORMs and database code</a> by Kendra Little Twitter @Kendra_Little</p><p>Dan</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://debthedba.wordpress.com/2023/01/04/troubleshooting-azure-data-studio/">Troubleshooting Azure Data Studio</a> by Deborah Melkin Twitter @dgmelkin</p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JApPzAnbfPI">MLOps on Databricks: A How-To Guide</a> by Rafi Kurlansik Twitter @kurlare</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqGuvTwqJTo">Data API builder – Introduction</a> by Davide Mauri Twitter @mauridb</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.dcac.com/dcac/how-to-use-the-new-dynamic-format-strings-for-measures-in-power-bi/">How to use the new dynamic format strings for measures in Power BI</a> by Meagan Longoria Twitter @MMarie</p><p>Dan</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.softwareandbooz.com/postgresql-to-sql-server-the-first-four-settings/ ">PostgreSQL for the SQL Server DBA: The First Four Settings to Check</a> by Ryan Booz Twitter @ryanbooz</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DpOJM6b7E">ChatGPT blew my mind with this Power BI scenario</a> by Adam Saxton via Guy in a Cube Twitter @awsaxton & @patrickdba via @GuyinaCube w @StephTBruno @shan_gsd</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://data-witches.com/2023/03/31/power-bi-datasets-ci-cd-the-easy-ish-way/">Call back to Power BI datasets CI/CD (the easy-ish way) </a> by @StephTBruno & @shan_gsd</p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf5fKXuLg8s">AutoML Comparison in Databricks VS Azure Machine Learning</a> by Mohammadsaleh Gharehdaghi Twitter @MG_cafe01</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://postgresqlblog.substack.com/p/the-top-10-features-of-postgresql">The Top 10 Features of PostgreSQL Every Developer Should Know</a> by Ajay Patel Twitter @Bond_AJ</p><p><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></p><p>Ok Dear Reader! We have a BIG BIG WEEK! Not only do we have a video by Josh Luedeman this Monday on how to <a href="https://youtu.be/BL6T15yEB_Q"><i>Set up Windows with Chocolatey for Data Developers in SECONDS!! GIT, WSL 2, PowerShell!</i></a> and another video by yours truly coming up on Wednesday, but this week is <a href="https://sqlsaturday.com/2023-05-06-sqlsaturday1041/">SQL SATURDAY JACKSONVILLE</a>!!</p><p>On Friday Neeraj Jhaveri, Daniel Taylor, and myself will be teaching our <a href="https://www.meetup.com/jaxssug/events/291160538/">DBA 101: A Full Day of Fundamentals</a>, but Andres Padilla & Josh Luedeman will be presenting at the event as well. The whole Tales from the Field crew is together live for the first time at a conference.</p><p>This is going to be a lot of fun. We have 8 sessions on the agenda so come and attend, have a conversation with us, or grab a sticker while we have them!</p><p>We hope to see you in Jacksonville, but more than anything Dear Reader thank you for stopping by!</p><p>Thansk,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-37782887649952871492023-04-24T15:35:00.007-04:002023-04-24T15:35:48.294-04:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 04-17-2023 Jorge, Wrexham AFC, & Guys Night Out<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUzV4JXR8irXdfsX2Cwu9c-ZIFfEtqRCn-Z39EV_uLi6XUNN0uWKXNCQFD9aQBrQJYXrxLJbV7mm7AHeN1-9g38bEffMbPSATyMjlrZmngPorp5gaOJSkV0q7VFaf3xzhIthOYZCW-QuK9ZeEGsuny-2J_p5hrEL6el6myLq-fCoKnnfW71ZNViKm-/s2049/0112c0597356b89e993fc192924dffb7ad3bd704fb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUzV4JXR8irXdfsX2Cwu9c-ZIFfEtqRCn-Z39EV_uLi6XUNN0uWKXNCQFD9aQBrQJYXrxLJbV7mm7AHeN1-9g38bEffMbPSATyMjlrZmngPorp5gaOJSkV0q7VFaf3xzhIthOYZCW-QuK9ZeEGsuny-2J_p5hrEL6el6myLq-fCoKnnfW71ZNViKm-/s320/0112c0597356b89e993fc192924dffb7ad3bd704fb.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader! This past week was one I had been looking forward to for quite some time. A couple of months ago I had started reaching out to my other guy friends. We all have busy lives, but we need to take time to spend with one another outside of dinner's with spouses, game nights, or Marvel movies.<p></p><p>Not that those things aren't great, but something that allowed us to just relax. </p><p>Let me back up a bit, I love the podcast <a href="https://armchairexpertpod.com/">The Armchair Expert with Dax Sheppard</a>. On it they refrenced a study that lead me to this article on <a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/how-loneliness-is-killing-men/">How loneliness is killing men</a>. Which shocked me.</p><p>I have this really cool Uncle we all idolized. He was always taking trips to go golfing, hunting, or fishing with his buddies. Growing up I thought that was really amazing. As I got older and had kids, amazing turned into questions. </p><p>How did he find the time to do this? Shouldn't he be spending this time with his family and kids? He was a really great Dad and family man, was his life out of balance or did these things matter?</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-ghmnUpolg5z2ZfTzafo87N1VpQthyeVgwCLdQHfTCofAr78i1rC-ko5dZaqcreQ6Qh0Y0aDpqrjyAmoQXLkNQQEzldPTLomW1WEOOdC3hqsSf7GOwnTQtgoSXia0ZCA0K9otvYFPgUY9jYgoZ66lLv_ZtPVpwdithOoavW3Lg2lf64M6niXYOA6/s2049/01b895a92f2ac5467093d50a5672367a7fa030fc87.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-ghmnUpolg5z2ZfTzafo87N1VpQthyeVgwCLdQHfTCofAr78i1rC-ko5dZaqcreQ6Qh0Y0aDpqrjyAmoQXLkNQQEzldPTLomW1WEOOdC3hqsSf7GOwnTQtgoSXia0ZCA0K9otvYFPgUY9jYgoZ66lLv_ZtPVpwdithOoavW3Lg2lf64M6niXYOA6/s320/01b895a92f2ac5467093d50a5672367a7fa030fc87.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I should have picked up the phone and called him. I should have asked. But I never have. Then my kids got older, and getting their attention and even time with them became more and more scarce.<p></p><p>This lead to another realization. My buddy Jorge Segarra (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/SQLChicken">@SQLChicken</a>) and I were talking. Jorge is doing the beautiful work of being a stay at home Dad and taking care of his kids. We were having a great conversation, he was picking up kids from school, they got in the car like a chaos bomb and he said, <i>"I should probably let you go this is going to be too noisy for you"</i>.</p><p><i>"I'm good"</i>, I replied and we kept the call going. I've been a single Dad, a divorced single Dad, and a very lucky married man with a great partner. The chaos of the call reminded me of picking my kids up from school about a decade ago. We also realized that not many men could talk about some of the issues I faced and he was facing. We also talked about how men don't talk about these things. I brought up the podcast and the article.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcTszIbHK1bSpyBeCgFaO_tjSE1KTYlCpy_SjFqthXATZwTFowcakENsL9DJbTqpkMUQYgbFzJGO450qsr8jzNaImboWrozY2vfs5rU5HQNcFQ-Xi51vhAztRxcz6bz8fSBcyUnh8tTMjUWb6yKuuNUgkeVlSn539L7kS1E6HSSYC5sU2OvgY6rgh/s2049/0129173c9c970e2466914641f217b1f5f9dd57a638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcTszIbHK1bSpyBeCgFaO_tjSE1KTYlCpy_SjFqthXATZwTFowcakENsL9DJbTqpkMUQYgbFzJGO450qsr8jzNaImboWrozY2vfs5rU5HQNcFQ-Xi51vhAztRxcz6bz8fSBcyUnh8tTMjUWb6yKuuNUgkeVlSn539L7kS1E6HSSYC5sU2OvgY6rgh/s320/0129173c9c970e2466914641f217b1f5f9dd57a638.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>We talked about the need of having time to go out with friends, re-engergize, and come back in a better head space to be father's and husbands. For the first time, I understood my Uncle.</p><p>That was January. We started planning. We would talk more regularly, it had been months since our last phone call. That needed to change. </p><p>We found a weekend that worked, it took a while. We set the date. There were other gentlemen invited who could not make it, but hopefully next time. It was this past Saturday. Jorge, <a href="https://twitter.com/dbabulldog">Daniel Taylor </a>(Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/dbabulldog">@DBABulldog</a>), Josh Luedeman (Twitter | @<a href="https://twitter.com/joshluedeman">JoshLuedeman</a>), and myself planned a day.</p><p>It involved a spa visit for Jorge and myself, a cabbana by the pool for all of us to relax, <a href="https://stksteakhouse.com/venues/orlando/">a nice steak dinner</a>, and watching <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366206/">John Wick 4</a>. Along the way we listened to <a href="https://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/">Wrexham AFC win PROMOTION</a> and toasted them from afar!!!</p><p>The day was perfect and we are all looking forward to the next time. Long way of saying this, but if you are reading this think of your friends and reach out to them. It is litterally the best thing you can do for your health.... and theirs.</p><p>All right, on to the recap!</p><p><b><u>MONDAY 4-17-2023</u></b></p><p>On Monday Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@Neeraj_Jhaveri</a>) and Andres Padilla (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/nodestreamio">@nodestreamio</a>) delivered a video on Azure Cost Management! They have a discussion about different options to save money on a subscription.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="324" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GT-4Q9yyp5o" width="481" youtube-src-id="GT-4Q9yyp5o"></iframe></div><br /><p>They also show you how to use the <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/">Azure Price Calculator</a>, Cost management and billing in the Azure Portal, how to set a budget, and how to set cost alearts! Great stuff!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>WEDNESDAY 4-19-2023</u></b></p><p>On Wednesday my video on Azure SQL Space Management for Azure SQL Database came online. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="322" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0J6XqvfxA-s" width="481" youtube-src-id="0J6XqvfxA-s"></iframe></div><p>This was a really fun video to make based off of a customer conversation and our amazing <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/file-space-manage?view=azuresql">documentation on the subject</a>.</p><p><b><u>TUESDAY 4-18-2023</u></b></p><p>The highlight of the week is always the Azure Data Community Round Table. Josh, Neeraj, Andres, and myself kicked off a review of those articles that we found to be super helpful from the last week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="325" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M9jaukyZIQI" width="482" youtube-src-id="M9jaukyZIQI"></iframe></div><br /><p>Here is the star of the show, the content in the order of appearence on the show:</p><p><br /></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://dlabs.ai/blog/the-power-of-ai-for-medical-imaging-5-key-applications-use-cases/">The Power of AI for Medical Imaging: 5 Key Applications & Use Cases</a> by Katarzyna Rojewska Twitter @k_rojewska, @DLabsAI</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/make-data-more-human-with-azure-openai-and-azure-sql/">Make data more human with Azure OpenAI and Azure SQL</a> by Valentina Alto Twitter @AltoValentina</p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-cognitive-services/integrating-azure-openai-and-azure-speech-services-to-create-a/m-p/3796748">Integrating Azure OpenAI and Azure Speech Services to Create a Voice-Enabled Chatbot with Python</a> by Jiadong Chen Twitter @chen_jd</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://sqlserverfast.com/blog/hugo/2023/04/back-home-but-still-a-long-way-to-go/ ">Back home, but still a long way to go</a> by Hugo Kornelis Twitter @hugo_kornelis</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/how-does-ai-work/ ">How does AI actually work? </a>by Kristina Bravo Twitter @BravoKristina </p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://johnmccormack.it/2023/04/t-sql-stuff-taking-it-to-the-limit/">T-SQL STUFF – Taking it to the limit</a> by John McCormack Twitter @actualjohn</p><p><br /></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>U<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeanne-choo-8149711a3_mlflow-mlops-opensource-activity-7017831168473513984-TPRu">sing MLFlow Recipes to refactor messy notebooks</a> by Jeanne Choo </p><p><br /></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7_h0bRfL52qWoCcS18nXcT1s-5rSa1yp">Master Databricks and Apache Spark Step by Step Video Series</a> by Bryan Cafferky Twitter @BryanCafferky</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://tdwi.org/Articles/2023/04/17/ADV-ALL-Can-Data-and-Analytics-Help-Save-the-World.aspx?Page=1">Can Data and Analytics Help Save the World?</a> by Troy Hiltbrand Twitter @trohil</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://sqlundercover.com/2023/03/29/using-sql-alerts-to-spot-suspicious-activity-in-sql/">Using SQL Alerts to Spot Suspicious Activity in SQL</a> by David Fowler via SQL Server Central Twitter @SQL_Undercover @SQLServerCentrl</p><p><br /></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/ai-show/next-generation-computer-vision-capabilities-with-project-florence">Next-Generation Computer Vision Capabilities with Project Florence</a> by Adina Trufinescu Twitter @abiramivina</p><p><br /></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.citusdata.com/cituscon/2023/">Citus Con Reminder (Keynote was at 12-330 ET/9-1230 PT, EMEA tomorrow 9-1230 CEST)</a> by Citus Con Twitter @CitusCon</p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></p><p>We've got another great week planned for you, and we hope you can make the time to join us. On Monday Daniel Taylor is dropping his first ever <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGhvA9jw5mvi-b5SQuVP_sHxN4jZ4F5fZ">MS Tech Bits</a> on how seperation of duties requires Azure Administrators and DBA's to work together in order to backup to utilize backup to URL.</p><p>On Tuesday at 1 pm EST we have our Azure Data Community Round Table and on Wednesday I will be droping a video utilizing Azure Open AI to read and collect insights on my Azure SQL Data.</p><p>Take care of yourself Dear Reader, and as always Thank You for stopping by.</p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-62565668554535736212023-04-17T10:36:00.002-04:002023-04-17T10:36:22.617-04:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 04-10-2023, Taylor Swift, & The Disney 10 Miler<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Olg5qG5zFmDqdwVGCUS0kh55_jPk0M0IzOn7Xrv_j_ij7SnehRvgiWarehLyCdPEo02oXYPNP_RhqQ0OgI4x3pjQHKYlZHt2fvMhTxBN5j4d4PCPzOEHwGufTKlh6OLwS3pmewngths8xSt8GafkE8oGEtnsu5CqESoS6mxhxlmu9TGnpPEhcUR6/s2049/01f36116f8af9023333b3f3f277749d4a9c1d6e78e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Olg5qG5zFmDqdwVGCUS0kh55_jPk0M0IzOn7Xrv_j_ij7SnehRvgiWarehLyCdPEo02oXYPNP_RhqQ0OgI4x3pjQHKYlZHt2fvMhTxBN5j4d4PCPzOEHwGufTKlh6OLwS3pmewngths8xSt8GafkE8oGEtnsu5CqESoS6mxhxlmu9TGnpPEhcUR6/s320/01f36116f8af9023333b3f3f277749d4a9c1d6e78e.jpg" width="320" /></a> Hello Dear Reader! Last week was a really busy week with an even busier weekend. We will get to the show recap's in a moment but first let's dive into the weekend.</p><p>Months ago my wife & youngest son worked together to get Taylor Swift tickets for this past weekend. I've enjoyed quite a few songs of Taylor's, but live music isn't really my thing. My wife loves it. She had a career working in radio and she was the planner & show runner for many many live music concerts. She "makes" me go with her. </p><p>To be honest I always have a great time, but it is not something I seek out for myself. So when Sue & William were excitingly explaining to me over dinner how they were able to secure 3 tickets my first thought was they were taking my sister Julie or my youngest daughter Serenity (both of whom would have fought me..... and probably won... to get these tickets). It was not Julie or Serenity. It was me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_X0MyZm_SB1eWf7wt1lcqxl6X0x9Em834KfWqGeRjNocQKMLxMVEgpgCva5JCOZDN15bM3MNVu2bZG-lwcqkkywwHDYWpVFD9pgvHV44dxAk0sBv-vwfngpEZfLJeFmcdNyFHMNgXxbSMHWem66Exi-rIcr4FWkyR1BeYTfIIVOoYdtGGp87AYvUI/s2049/01823610000a650034c93fcb539907009e0559dead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_X0MyZm_SB1eWf7wt1lcqxl6X0x9Em834KfWqGeRjNocQKMLxMVEgpgCva5JCOZDN15bM3MNVu2bZG-lwcqkkywwHDYWpVFD9pgvHV44dxAk0sBv-vwfngpEZfLJeFmcdNyFHMNgXxbSMHWem66Exi-rIcr4FWkyR1BeYTfIIVOoYdtGGp87AYvUI/s320/01823610000a650034c93fcb539907009e0559dead.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Don't get me wrong, I was happy to suggest they offer up the ticket to someone else. Heck, I got us a really great hotel room at the <a href="https://www.editionhotels.com/tampa/">Tampa Edition</a>. It had a Michelin star chef. An amazing bar, a welcome cocktail with a lavender spritz and their gin brewed specifically for the hotel, not to mention a Rum bar, and to top it all off an in house spa.<div><br /></div><div>My offer was that they could go to the show, I would go to the spa and get a massage, go to one of the restaurants and eat some food, go to the bar and get some drinks, then head to the pool where they had a pool side bar, take a nap, wake up, go grab some more drinks, and wait for them to get back so they could tell me all about it.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglazLVZ8KSkNtqTg2mQmWmd5ZaWhwMTFjTdsVqri0dzekieUP3dYj7_DfXSO3_1ReaaUSRV_gwc3Kzf29rh-bI45IYaoRODe_0OF4TR1MA3mSzsdZdlluJnBlNeJBkLf2PwH5gsKBncLgiYk9kHdcdsO-wlxEgWSfkkCQMFCNy386_6la11tFFNiYh/s2048/012769ef0415ab706db84678f91df78004daf3255d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglazLVZ8KSkNtqTg2mQmWmd5ZaWhwMTFjTdsVqri0dzekieUP3dYj7_DfXSO3_1ReaaUSRV_gwc3Kzf29rh-bI45IYaoRODe_0OF4TR1MA3mSzsdZdlluJnBlNeJBkLf2PwH5gsKBncLgiYk9kHdcdsO-wlxEgWSfkkCQMFCNy386_6la11tFFNiYh/s320/012769ef0415ab706db84678f91df78004daf3255d.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div>As you can tell from the pictures my offer was refused. We had a great time. There were songs we sang along to, that we danced to, and it was a spectacle. It cannot be said that Ms. Swift puts on one helluva show. She performed for 3 hours straight and sang 44 songs from 9 different albums and 2 surprisesongs.</div><div><br /></div><div>On Saturday morning we woke up, had a really nice brunch at <a href="https://thepearlrestaurant.com/locations-menus/tampa/menus/brunch-menus/brunch-menu/">The Pearl</a> and made our way back to Orlando so I could pick <br />up my race packet for the Run Disney 10 Miler. I will be honest Dear Reader, I forgot I signed up for this race until the week before.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have picked my running back up post injury, but had not been training on longer races. Normally my long Disney Races are half marathon's, 13.1 miles or 21 K, this was a 10 mile run or roughly 16K.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6j22RMZd8c6SshhOCgdS13VsEqRhwrKE1-ECYVJzdB7mE268tzJi3VbUBOutLoMJGcWV0V960e8ap_lqIWWbl9SA76QpLiC11IbZgK1kJp9a5cqPt-BMUWxuRqd6TWr3P27AxAzQChDrCwnw6gezuoE4rAZfHx0tRDiq5It4uOP-q-h2QhnaQKdYU/s2049/01f9c4b67a6642222f6bf57d8cd9b04f60064c3ec3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6j22RMZd8c6SshhOCgdS13VsEqRhwrKE1-ECYVJzdB7mE268tzJi3VbUBOutLoMJGcWV0V960e8ap_lqIWWbl9SA76QpLiC11IbZgK1kJp9a5cqPt-BMUWxuRqd6TWr3P27AxAzQChDrCwnw6gezuoE4rAZfHx0tRDiq5It4uOP-q-h2QhnaQKdYU/s320/01f9c4b67a6642222f6bf57d8cd9b04f60064c3ec3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Those 3.1 Miles or extra 5 K's make a difference. Seriously. That is normally the part of that race where I hit a wall. Not literally. In running when you hit a wall is a condition of sudden fatigue and loss of energy which is caused by the depletion of glycogen stores in the liver and muscles. It makes that the most difficult portion of the race.</div><div><br /></div><div>By not hitting that wall I was never truly fatigued during the race. I was able to keep my run-walk-run-walk method going and averaged 8 minutes per kilometer and finished in 2 hours and 11 minutes. </div><div><br /></div><div>At home we my lovely wife was home busily preparing for my Mother-In-Law's 77th birthday!! I love my Mother-In-Law Judy. She is an incredible woman. My brother's-In-Law, my nieces, and one of my nephews made it over. However the star of the show was my baby grand-niece. No pictures, but she is the most beautiful and adorable little girl. She is six months old and in a very fun phase where she is not yet walking, but alert, attentive, and very opinionative. You knew what she liked and didn't like! The party was great and seeing family was the cherry on the cake. </div><div><br /></div><div>Like I said, busy weekend. Now let's recap last week!!</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>WEDNESDAY 4-12-2023</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>On Wednesday we dropped the demo heavy companion to last weeks video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7NGoZND9Vo&t=33s">SQL Server Internals: HEAPS VS. CLUSTERED INDEXES!</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="321" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FJTk310B4A8" width="485" youtube-src-id="FJTk310B4A8"></iframe></div><br /><div>This was a really fun video to make, and I'm hard at work on this weeks content which will be a fun video about Azure SQL and how it utilizes space.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><u><b>TUESDAY 4-11-2023</b></u></div><div>Tuesday was a great show. We started off the Community Round Table with a side conversation about being a parent and giving the magic of wonder to our children. Josh Luedeman (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/joshluedeman">@JoshLuedeman</a>) reminisced about <a href="https://creations.mattel.com/products/masters-of-the-universe-origins-castle-grayskull-playset-gxp44?variant=40672692175053&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=CjwKCAjw3POhBhBQEiwAqTCuBqya7kQhfuzBTty48mkKDlUYtpjNSI8314MLvv60s-x3mh7JdzlGgBoCH4UQAvD_BwE">Castle Greyskull</a> with me from our childhood. Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@Neeraj_Jhaveri</a>) talked about when he gave his kids the gift of iPhones! Andres Padilla (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/nodestreamio">@nodestreamio</a>) talked about an AMAZING Christmas where his father hung his the Star Wars ships he received from the ceiling like they were flying!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="323" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gyE0VXEOBKg" width="479" youtube-src-id="gyE0VXEOBKg"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>We also covered AMAZING Azure Data Community content from the creators. Here's the content in order of appearance:</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Neeraj </div><div><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-synapse-analytics-blog/unleashing-the-capabilities-of-azure-synapse-analytics-for-a/ba-p/3788925">Unleashing the capabilities of Azure Synapse Analytics for a healthcare customer </a> by Prabhjot Kaur Twitter @PrabhKaur </div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley </div><div><a href="http://datanrg.blogspot.com/2023/04/using-azure-data-factory-to-read-and.html">Using Azure Data Factory to read and process REST API datasets</a> by Rayis Imayev Twitter @RayisImayev </div><div><br /></div><div>Andres </div><div><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-machine-learning-blog/announcing-registries-in-azure-machine-learning-to/ba-p/3649242?WT.mc_id=aiml-17954-sejuare">Announcing registries in Azure Machine Learning to operationalize models and pipelines at scale</a> by Manoj Bableshw Twitter @manojsb </div><div><br /></div><div>Josh </div><div><a href="https://www.kevinrchant.com/2023/04/04/common-azure-synapse-link-for-sql-storage-permission-issues/">Common Azure Synapse Link for SQL storage permission issues</a> by Kevin Chant Twitter @kevchant </div><div><br /></div><div>Neeraj </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-synapse-analytics-blog/create-a-data-solution-on-azure-synapse-analytics-with-snapshot/ba-p/3764726">Create a Data Solution on Azure Synapse Analytics with Snapshot Serengeti - Part 1</a> - by Josh Ndemenge Twitter @Jcardif254 </div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley </div><div><a href="https://dbafromthecold.com/2023/04/05/eightkb-topics/">EightKB Topics</a> by Andrew Pruski Twitter @dbafromthecold </div><div><br /></div><div>Andres </div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfEMXKSFtaQ">Understanding Chaos Engineering</a> by John Engel-Kemnetz Twitter @jkemnetz </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Josh </div><div><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/armchair-architects-data-mesh-architecture/ba-p/3787655">Armchair Architects: Data Mesh Architecture</a> by David Blank-Edelman Twitter @otterbook </div><div><br /></div><div>Neeraj </div><div><a href="https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/03/16/introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-your-copilot-for-work/">Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot – your copilot for work </a> by Jared Spataro Twitter @jared_spataro </div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley </div><div><a href="https://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/how-to-work-with-chatgpt-in-visual-studio-code">How to work with ChatGPT in Visual Studio Code</a> by Daniel Calbimonte via SQL Server Central Twitter @dcalbimonte @SQLServerCentrl </div><div><br /></div><div>Andres </div><div><a href="https://medium.com/@abirami.vina/from-yolo-to-yolov8-tracing-the-evolution-of-object-detection-algorithms-eaed9a982ebd">From YOLO to YOLOv8: Tracing the Evolution of Object Detection Algorithms</a> by Abirami Vina Twitter @abiramivina </div><div><br /></div><div>Josh </div><div><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-postgresql/ultimate-guide-to-citus-con-an-event-for-postgres-2023-edition/ba-p/3784677">Ultimate Guide to Citus Con: An Event for Postgres, 2023 edition Ultimate Guide to Citus Con: An Event for Postgres, 2023 edition</a> by Claire Giordano Twitter @clairegiordano </div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></div><div>As we wrap things up a quick programming note. We will be dropping an MS Tech Bits video TODAY on Cost Management by Neeraj & Andres! Make sure to check that out when it goes live.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tomorrow we have our Community Round Table show Live at 1 PM EST. On Wednesday I will be with you for an MS Tech Bits on Azure SQL Database Shrinking Operations for Data & Log Files. </div><div><br /></div><div>We hope you have a wonderful week and make some time to hang out with us Dear Reader, if you did anything fun this weekend I'd love to hear from you!</div><div><br /></div><div>As always Dear Reader, Thank you for stopping by.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br /></div><div>Brad </div><div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-32589382108907085422023-04-10T14:14:00.004-04:002023-04-10T14:14:25.371-04:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 04-03-2023 & Easter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAnVfztOUzxZQGyrq2jrA0_T-_1vLekn1tc3ZhhE7sxfksGgffyP-EJW9CIHsoEk2Nrxi-r52EvxBkm3mMATPjEPLpDrvZ9lkgFB4g2lZNdPdCWl9U0WqRZ0FBUiKctWeChWPpVLgBXc9r8f5CiY1RD0hqHmQivfqaGn7OlDi76KIaupQ-LK56hnV/s2049/01e6ca4389c2de1718b90178adce810b815fe4d587.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="2049" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAnVfztOUzxZQGyrq2jrA0_T-_1vLekn1tc3ZhhE7sxfksGgffyP-EJW9CIHsoEk2Nrxi-r52EvxBkm3mMATPjEPLpDrvZ9lkgFB4g2lZNdPdCWl9U0WqRZ0FBUiKctWeChWPpVLgBXc9r8f5CiY1RD0hqHmQivfqaGn7OlDi76KIaupQ-LK56hnV/s320/01e6ca4389c2de1718b90178adce810b815fe4d587.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Hello Dear Reader! Hopefully you had a great weekend. This weekend was filled with gatherings. On Saturday we gathered with friends and had a really nice Game Night.... where no games were played and it was just perfect. <div><br /></div><div>It had been so long since we all gathered that we ate taco's, made some movie plans, watched hockey, and just generally enjoyed one another's company. The food theme was tacos, my compliments to the many chef's. Mere descriptions alone will not do it justice but there was homemade taco meat, refried beans, melted cheese, homemade rice & black beans, fresh guacamole, and some of the best chocolate chip cookies ever.</div><div><p></p><div>The following day was Easter. My parents joined Sue, the kiddos, and myself. Even though the kids are 19, 18, & 13 years old respectively. Yet, they are never too old for an Easter basket! When I was over in Wales & London for <a href="https://sqlbits.com/">SQLBits</a> I love to get candy for Easter. There are so many amazing options to choose from and the fact that it is just slightly different, but oh so delicious, adds an element of wonder and amazement.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5lS_gjdRIKmLnm1Vk2JsqPvBCDomrcnYjCa1eYrd_xlOJgMnob82nEx-r9Z6KRFIJPm4l6LN3xTQK7y5Yzvyhs3VC0CgXHybLVGDNZTOV_TnLELflPO8qegr8t-snsi2olnBiGvLI6RA1Kx-nfbkyWTE4GkVXJH4h5tZlbSVP1ukQPh2sH3v6RzVH/s2049/01a347e95f5fa6ad1b4dcf4ede315fb31113932470.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5lS_gjdRIKmLnm1Vk2JsqPvBCDomrcnYjCa1eYrd_xlOJgMnob82nEx-r9Z6KRFIJPm4l6LN3xTQK7y5Yzvyhs3VC0CgXHybLVGDNZTOV_TnLELflPO8qegr8t-snsi2olnBiGvLI6RA1Kx-nfbkyWTE4GkVXJH4h5tZlbSVP1ukQPh2sH3v6RzVH/s320/01a347e95f5fa6ad1b4dcf4ede315fb31113932470.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Some of my favorite Dad things to do are when we prepare for Christmas or Easter. I also love some of the little things. When the kids were small I loved making lunches. Making sure to add cinnamon apple sauce, snack cakes, some type of gummi snacks, making sure they each had their own individualized sandwiches. Serenity's favorite was a peanut butter and sliced bananawith no crust, I prefer the crust on mine. All of those small things, that they are too big for now.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lots of wonderful happy memories Dear Reader, the most important thing is to be present in the moment and love the people around you. Alright, enough reminiscing. Grab a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup shaped like an Easter Egg because it's time to bounce over to the re-cap!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>WEDNESDAY 04-05-2023</u></b></div><div>On Wednesday we released our latests MS Tech Bits diving into the structures of Heaps and Clustered Indexes. Why do we have the VS. on the slide? The default table type in Oracle is a Heap, the default table type in SQL Server is a Clustered Index. For years therese were the two most dominiant relational database systems and having different default recommendations creates confusions.</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h7NGoZND9Vo" width="480" youtube-src-id="h7NGoZND9Vo"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>It's importiant to remember what we've learned from Ted Lasso. "All people are different people", "Be a goldfish", also that tip about the peanut butter was pretty good and I would recommend <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Peanut-Butter-Co-Chocolatey-Wonderful/dp/B001GQ3E3C?th=1">the White Chocolatey Wonderful</a>. I digress, all databases are different databases. Some may be based off of ACID some are not, but indexing structures in SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle are all things you need to understand.</div><div><br /></div><div>It affect performance and every day functionality. So we dive into the conceptual structures in this video, demos are coming this week!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>TUESDAY 04-04-2023</u></b></div><div>On Tuesday we had our <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/community?activetab=pivot:podcaststab#tab34b5b5bc2-c129-4303-b1c9-d1d004569f5f">Azure Data Community</a> Round Table! The wonderful Daniel Taylor (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/dbabulldog">@DBABullDog</a>) was in for Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@Neeraj_Jhaveri</a>), Josh Luedeman (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/joshluedeman">@JoshLuedeman</a>), Andres Padillia (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/nodestreamio">@nodestreamio</a>), and myself had a great day talking about the AMAZING content created by the Azure Data Community.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="324" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EaiZe5BROFw" width="481" youtube-src-id="EaiZe5BROFw"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>No time to waste, here is that wonderful content in the order it was covered on the show:</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Dan</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.red-gate.com/simple-talk/databases/sql-server/learn/dba-in-training-sql-server-high-availability-options/">DBA in training: SQL Server high availability options</a> by Pamela Mooney Twitter @PamelaMooney</div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://amazonwebshark.com/t-sql-tuesday-160-round-up/">T-SQL Tuesday #160: Round-Up</a> by Damien Jones Twitter @amazonwebshark</div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://lnkd.in/dVSusrbe">Edge AI: From Model Development to Deployment </a> by Raj Prasanna Ponnuraj</div><div><br /></div><div>Josh</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://bea.stollnitz.com/blog/pytorch-acpt/">Faster training and inference using the Azure Container for PyTorch in Azure ML</a> by Bea Stollnitz Twitter @beastollnitz</div><div><br /></div><div>Dan</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://garrybargsley.com/2022/07/26/how-to-ssrs-migration/">[How-To] SSRS migration</a> by Garry Bargsley Twitter @gbargsley</div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href=" https://youtu.be/Dg37ONgcWcQ ">The Kingdom of AdventureWorks Calls for Aid - Asad Khan, Bob Ward, Sanjay Mishra & Buck Woody by SQLBits</a>, Asad Khan, Bob Ward, Sanjay Mishra & Buck Woody Twitter @SQLBits, @Bob_Ward, @BuckWoodyMSFT, @AzureSQL </div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://youtu.be/rHY3T7-vK38 ">Create AI tracking Drone using DJI Tello</a> by Murtadha Bazli Tukimat Twitter @RobotAndCode</div><div><br /></div><div>Josh</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-postgresql/single-server-to-flexible-server-migration-tool-is-ga-in-azure/ba-p/3782053">Single Server to Flexible Server Migration tool is GA in Azure Database for PostgreSQL</a> by Shriram Muthukrishnan Twitter @azureDBpostgres</div><div><br /></div><div>Dan</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2022/01/how-to-learn-microsoft-azure-in-2022/">How To Learn Microsoft Azure in 2022</a> by Thomas Maurer Twitter @ThomasMaurer</div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://data-witches.com/2023/03/31/power-bi-datasets-ci-cd-the-easy-ish-way/">Power BI datasets CI/CD (the easy-ish way)</a> by Stephanie Bruno Twitter @StephTBruno</div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://youtu.be/DOWDNBu9DkU">Amazing Invention-This Drone will change everything</a> by Mark Rober Twitter @MarkRober</div><div><br /></div><div>Josh</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href=" https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/educator-developer-blog/github-codespaces-for-students-and-educators-just-wow/ba-p/3720490">GitHub Codespaces for Students and Educators</a> by Nehemiah Emmanuel Twitter @devgenix</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>WRAP IT UP.... AND SQL SATURDAY JACKSONVILLE!!!</u></b></div><div>This week we have the Community Round Table on Tuesday at 1 pm EST. Join us to see the Azure Data Community blogs & videos we will be featuring.</div><div><br /></div><div>On Wednesday we will have our MS Tech Bits, this will be the Demos that accompanied last weeks conceptual ideas about indexes!</div><div><br /></div><div>SQL Saturday Jacksonville is just under 1 month away!! All of the Tales from the Field crew will be at the event. Make sure to come to Daniel, Neeraj, & my <a href="https://www.meetup.com/jaxssug/events/291160538/">pre-con A Full Day of DBA Fundamentals</a>. <a href="https://sqlsaturday.com/2023-05-06-sqlsaturday1041/#schedule">The full event schedule is LIVE</a>!!</div><div><br /></div><div>This will be a fun week, we hope you have a great one! And as always Dear Reader, Thank you for stopping by.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br /></div><div>Brad</div>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-91067551963525312482023-04-04T07:06:00.006-04:002023-04-04T07:06:49.885-04:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 03-27-2023 & MegaCON<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CzzuGAtlhxg1rbLOfVUZro1H_SAzzqo7C-GoFWsmKGOChkKpHGqZnNxnanLDxowNwo7-z1SIweI2xr-hAR2EqFsqZ1ES6oD1HVDPBYrbkEhUbyVE5ziDlRf6LW7LpDL8CG0SMarP8hbUpE8xvGBQ_CrZ0mbQD5gU6VPNEQVrILXKz4dFgMpG4BI5/s720/zach%20mega%20con%202011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CzzuGAtlhxg1rbLOfVUZro1H_SAzzqo7C-GoFWsmKGOChkKpHGqZnNxnanLDxowNwo7-z1SIweI2xr-hAR2EqFsqZ1ES6oD1HVDPBYrbkEhUbyVE5ziDlRf6LW7LpDL8CG0SMarP8hbUpE8xvGBQ_CrZ0mbQD5gU6VPNEQVrILXKz4dFgMpG4BI5/s320/zach%20mega%20con%202011.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zach's 1st MegaCon 2011</td></tr></tbody></table> Hello Dear Reader! This past week is a blur. It was a tough week at work. That sentence is an understatement, but its really all I can say at this point. Monday sent me for a tail spin. I was fresh off a weekend relaxing with my wife, planning events with my friends, and thinking things were pretty well set. Life has a way of suprising you.</p><p>We powered through last week, had our Community Round Table, and dropped our new content. Internally at Tales from the Field we did some Camtasia training, explored some new technology, and started some planning for the next 3 months. I'm excited about those things. Before I knew it the weekend was upon us.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnQbifi3iSZde7XUb7AVRgaFlGZvf4V6aW0iIXWwEv2LRx41u7ybwNjEJiURe2QD1Ah6u7fMyOXluiP-z1Z9mUW5UsVc9VRv-ckTO_NGcfK8sJrhzl45rs5YfbFbOmyTE3lOqIa3uJFS4dgH6h27Wp3WAfZcs9TYcEs03qe_30CaKQiRk9EdQK54r/s2049/01f1c37b3f9d6498799dd20a3c48f6f7b35591f95c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnQbifi3iSZde7XUb7AVRgaFlGZvf4V6aW0iIXWwEv2LRx41u7ybwNjEJiURe2QD1Ah6u7fMyOXluiP-z1Z9mUW5UsVc9VRv-ckTO_NGcfK8sJrhzl45rs5YfbFbOmyTE3lOqIa3uJFS4dgH6h27Wp3WAfZcs9TYcEs03qe_30CaKQiRk9EdQK54r/s320/01f1c37b3f9d6498799dd20a3c48f6f7b35591f95c.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">12 Years Later MegaCon 2023</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I'm really tough to shop for, I hear that a lot around Christmas time. I don't mean to be difficult, but if I want something I tend to buy it. Books, collectibles, comics, whiskey, gin, ....I digress. This year my wife did something exceptionally cool for me. She bought me things to give me experiences, one of those was ticket's to MegaCON in Orlando. She bought me floor passes & and extra pass to share. </p><p>I shared mine with my oldest son Zachary. My first MegaCon ever was with Zachary when he was 7 years old. When it comes to comic book conventions I've only ever been to two and he was with me at both of them. He enjoyed this so much, I think this is a must do again next year!</p><p>One of the things I've always loved it the effort people put into their costumes, how generous they are with their time, and a willingness to celebrate with others. That was as true when he was a little kiddo dressed in a Superman t-shirt as it was this year when he was dressed as Eren Yeager this year.</p><p>I hope you had a good weekend out there Dear Reader! On to the wrap up.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>WEDNESDAY 03-29-2023</b></p><p>On Wednesday we dropped our MS Tech Bits, Turn SQL to KQL IN SECONDS with Azure Data Explorer. This video is based off the demo I did with Patrick LeBlanc (Twitter | @PatrickDBA) in our Session at SQLBits (Twitter | @SQLBits).</p><p>I love Azure Data Explorer, it is an incredibly powerful service for digesting log data and querying massive data sets and returning results in seconds. It has so many capabilities and possibilities. BUT... I don't know KQL and I don't know if I want to learn another language. Fear not as I show in this video you can use the EXPLAIN statement to translate SQL to KQL that you can then run against your data sets.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HjhAxTEx6Ic" width="481" youtube-src-id="HjhAxTEx6Ic"></iframe></div><p>I'm hoping this leads to peopel realizing that the bar for entry to this service is low, if you know SQL then you know KQL!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>TUESDAY 03-28-2023</u></b></p><p>On Tuesday I once again teamed up with Josh Luedeman (Twitter | @JoshLuedeman), Andres Padilla (Twitter | @nodestreamio), & Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | @neeraj_jhaveri) to review the AMAZING community content that you all produced! If you missed that make sure to check it out.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="324" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u90Rnp3Lvmc" width="481" youtube-src-id="u90Rnp3Lvmc"></iframe></div><br /><p>The true star of the show is the content produced by the Community. Here is the content in order that it was covered on the show:</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-synapse-analytics-blog/multi-column-distribution-for-dedicated-sql-pools-is-now-ga/ba-p/3774529 ">Multi-Column Distribution for Dedicated SQL pools is now GA!</a> by Mariya Ali Twitter @mariyaali</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://medium.com/@meetalpa/how-to-use-an-annotation-in-azure-data-factory-or-azure-synapse-analytics-data-integration-pipeline-daf7a66ada9a ">How to use an Annotation in Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse Analytics Data Integration Pipeline?</a> by Alpa Buddhabhatti Twitter @AlpaB7</p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://medium.com/@absaraswat/how-to-set-up-a-python-virtual-environment-on-windows-cd68cf0420ea ">How to set up a Python virtual environment on Windows</a> by Abhinav Saraswat </p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/announcing-the-release-of-azure-data-studio-1-42/ba-p/3775318">Announcing the Release of Azure Data Studio 1.4.2 </a> by Erin Stellato Twitter @erinstellato</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-cognitive-services-blog/working-with-gpt-4-and-chatgpt-models-on-azure-preview/ba-p/3773595">Working with the GPT-4 and ChatGPT models on Azure</a> by Derek Legenzoff Twitter @DerekLegenzoff</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.tomsguide.com/news/what-is-visual-chatgpt">What is Visual ChatGPT? </a> by Andy Sansom </p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fktz63uDzM4&list=PLXlrOOPpvO8M86b5f0O91N3IspNRf3T6z ">Spark Monitoring</a> by Dustin Vannoy Twitter @dustinvannoy</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/educator-developer-blog/turn-your-database-into-an-api-in-minutes-with-data-api-builder/ba-p/3770345">Turn your database into an API in minutes with Data API builder for Azure Databases</a> by Jasmine Greenway Twitter @paladique</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="Tidwell Tidbits https://tidwelltidbits.com/2018/05/08/the-importance-of-sql-saturdays/">The Importance of SQL Saturdays </a> by Angela Tidwell Twitter @AngelaTidwell</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://hybriddbablog.com/2023/03/19/kql-series-ingesting-data-with-azure-data-factory/">KQL Series – ingesting data with Azure Data Factory</a> by Hamish Watson Twitter @TheHybridDBA</p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/12/eliminate-these-11-phrases-that-make-people-respect-you-less-says-public-speaking-expert.html">Eliminate these 11 phrases that ‘make people question your credibility,’ says public speaking expert</a> by Christina Helena Twitter @christinahelena</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://azpodcast.azurewebsites.net/post/Episode-455-Azure-ML-in-the-real-world">Azure Podcast - Episode 455 - Azure ML in the Real World</a> by Azure Podcast Twitter @AzurePodcast</p><div><br /></div><p><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></p><p>This week we have our Community Round Table on Tuesday where we will once again feature content from you the Azure Data Community! We will be live at 1 pm EST, but you can always catch us after the broadcast on our YouTube Channel.</p><p>Wednesday we will have a video discussing the internals of Heaps, Clustererd Indexes, & Non-Clustered Indexes!</p><p>Time to say goodbye until next week. Hope you have a great week and as always Dear Reader, Thank you for stopping by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-11372423385067111402023-03-28T06:54:00.000-04:002023-03-28T06:54:04.739-04:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 03-20-2023 & Kiddos Growing Up<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnFURLPaV2qOjy9D0IXbSKupH0cYvpTgOOqbFcpRdPEPnVQjUyZ7c-PzNNp84RbjI7BvkWzC1X7KQ--mVSnJSB2Q0qFkksCmerLs2323X4giOCLvoh88P0gFgENnhrSxLEqYKB2O1OtPzwHJu_cw4nIEI_7OU6DxVqq42Zv9tCoDErS5MrZh1h-6r/s1632/0157f3f1c17d517a80a55dbc29472e2961690ba5d2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1632" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnFURLPaV2qOjy9D0IXbSKupH0cYvpTgOOqbFcpRdPEPnVQjUyZ7c-PzNNp84RbjI7BvkWzC1X7KQ--mVSnJSB2Q0qFkksCmerLs2323X4giOCLvoh88P0gFgENnhrSxLEqYKB2O1OtPzwHJu_cw4nIEI_7OU6DxVqq42Zv9tCoDErS5MrZh1h-6r/s320/0157f3f1c17d517a80a55dbc29472e2961690ba5d2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William, right, 11 years ago the morning of our college tour</td></tr></tbody></table> Hello Dear Reader! When I got off the plane from SQLBits I wasn't feeling great. To be honest, I was a little concerned. I'm a diabetic asthmatic. Some people are generally unconcerned when they get a cold, some even feel that way about Covid. Not I. </p><p>For years when I get a cold they would linger, antibiotics would need to be perscribed, consumed, and then about a month later my voice would return to normal. I've been very fortunate that my immue system seems to have recieved a kick start in the last few years. No longer is the need for antibiotics absolute. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMPot2HiBLjBaOVEKpbBbLY3fewZObkC8DSDXmGDEG9ZESK72i27XwxZypU259uqY-JRw7rda8RjoJltgysMUWJfz3J26m7hnDc1wg1Nn_PcuhNrb19TjF8_qZhTw4zrGlEhyWCS5OqEpw7O46ukWgtd1a7NzL9tQdz3d9EzOsAmpWibygccbBtyt/s2049/015369b3ae7a2343cf47259adec422bfa9fe81cec5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMPot2HiBLjBaOVEKpbBbLY3fewZObkC8DSDXmGDEG9ZESK72i27XwxZypU259uqY-JRw7rda8RjoJltgysMUWJfz3J26m7hnDc1wg1Nn_PcuhNrb19TjF8_qZhTw4zrGlEhyWCS5OqEpw7O46ukWgtd1a7NzL9tQdz3d9EzOsAmpWibygccbBtyt/s320/015369b3ae7a2343cf47259adec422bfa9fe81cec5.jpg" width="240" /></a> No longer is a cold a one month sentence of exercise purgatory. Really, I feel lucky. Despite feeling awful on Monday & Tuesday, by Friday morning I felt great and sounded like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB54XUhA9_w">Barry White</a>. So with me feeling better, my wife very happy with my deep sexy voice, we packed up the car and drove my youngest son William to a campus tour of the <a href="https://www.unf.edu/">University of North Florida</a>. </p><p>It was a really beautiful campus and the tour was fantastic. William is going to be very happy up there. I'm familar with UNF thanks to S<a href="https://sqlsaturday.com/2023-05-06-sqlsaturday1041/">QL Saturday Jacksonville</a>. It has been held on their campus since my first trip to the event all the way back in <a href="https://www.sqlballs.com/2011/05/sql-saturday-74-round-up.html">2011 and SQL Saturday #74</a>.</p><p>Seeing the campus from the eyes of a perspective student was amazing. I'm used to the excitement of Friday morning pre-con's and the buzz in the air as you follow the SQL Saturday signs to the parking garage.</p><p>This time it was following the signs to the Campus Tour, taking in the campus, food venues, gym, and different class rooms. What an exciting time he is about to embark on! As if it wasn't enough, father time gave me a solid kick to the feels. The picture posted above of William and his younger sister finger painting was my Facebook memory. My phone alerted me that I had a memory, and I clicked on it. All I could think of was how time flies. There's no way, when I snapped that picture 11 years ago, that I imagined him getting ready for college.</p><p>Alright Dear Reader, let's get to the re-cap.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>MS TECH BITS - WEDNESDAY 3-22-2023</u></b></p><p>My deep voice was in full effect as we took a jump into the Transaction Log. The Transaction Log is an essential part of SQL Server. That's an understatement. That's like saying your lungs are essential. The Transaction Log is fundemental. We look at what it stores, how it holds data, how Virtual Log Files work, and a little bit about recovery models.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZNv2AZ_gqb4" width="461" youtube-src-id="ZNv2AZ_gqb4"></iframe></div><p>If you are interested in replicating the demos, I'm keeping them over in my <a href="https://github.com/sqlballs/SQLScripts">GitHub Repo for SQL Scripts</a>. The demo envrionment I used for this was a docker container running SQL Server 2022, i<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0WSqYstuCm0f9QoO1wmZIA">f you want to know how to set up that environment check out this video</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>COMMUNITY ROUND TABLE - TUESDAY 3-21-2023</u></b></p><p>The Community Round Table featured my sultry deep voice as well as Josh Luedeman (Twitter | @JoshLuedeman), Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | @Neeraj_Jhaveri), and Daniel Taylor (Twitter | @DBABulldog).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="330" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lbYfqerp5es" width="458" youtube-src-id="lbYfqerp5es"></iframe></div><br /><p>We did a quick recap of SQLBits talking about the wonderful event, and then we covered the content. No more delays, let's get to it. Content in order of appearence on the show:</p><p><br /></p><p>Neeraj </p><p><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-synapse-analytics-blog/performance-tuning-synapse-dedicated-pools-understanding-the/ba-p/3717260 ">Performance Tuning Synapse Dedicated Pools - Understanding the Query Lifecycle</a> by Sarath Sasidharan Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/sarathsasidharan2016 ">@sarathsasidharan2016 </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Bradley </p><p><a href="https://tracyboggiano.com/archive/2023/03/eightkb/">Call to Action for Female Speakers to Submit to EightKB </a> by Tracy Boggiano Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/TracyBoggiano ">@TracyBoggiano </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Dan </p><p><a href="https://blog.greglow.com/2020/03/13/sql-setting-local-date-and-time-for-a-session-in-azure-sql-database/ ">SQL: Setting local date and time for a session in Azure SQL Database </a> by Dr. Greg Low Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/greglow ">@greglow </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Josh </p><p><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/how-to-convert-parquet-files-into-geojson-files-and-save-it-in/ba-p/3761175">How To Convert Parquet Files into GeoJson Files and Save it in Data Lake using Synapse Notebooks</a> by Sally Dabbah </p><p><br /></p><p>Neeraj </p><p><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-synapse-analytics-blog/creating-a-custom-disaster-recovery-plan-for-your-synapse/ba-p/3746072">Creating a custom disaster recovery plan for your Synapse workspace Part 1 </a> by Freddie Santos Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/fredguis">@fredguis </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Bradley </p><p><a href="https://dataonwheels.wordpress.com/2023/03/16/building-deploying-sharing-a-remote-jupyter-book-in-azure-data-studio/">Building, Deploying, Sharing a Remote Jupyter Book in Azure Data Studio</a> by Steve Hughes Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/DataOnWheels ">@DataOnWheels </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Dan </p><p><a href="https://www.sqlgene.com/2023/03/17/how-i-evaluate-personal-safety-at-tech-conferences/">How I evaluate personal safety at tech conferences </a> by Eugene Meidinger Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/SQLGene ">@SQLGene </a></p><p> </p><p>Josh </p><p><a href="https://blog.tyang.org/2023/03/13/adf-global-parameters-and-bicep-templates">Azure Data Factory Global Parameters and Azure Bicep Templates </a> by Tao Yang Twitter @MrTaoYang </p><p><br /></p><p>Neeraj </p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-week-sqlbits-2023-kay-sauter/ ">My week at SQLBits 2023: Why You Should send your Employees to Conferences</a> by Kay Sauter Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/KaySauter ">@KaySauter </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Bradley </p><p><a href="https://www.serverlesssql.com/connecting-power-bi-to-azure-sql-database-using-private-endpoints/">Connecting Power BI to Azure SQL Database using Private Endpoints </a> by Andy Cutler Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyCutler ">@MrAndyCutler </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Dan </p><p><a href="https://littlekendra.com/course/read-committed-is-bonkers/why-read-committed-is-the-default-isolation-level-and-what-to-do-next/ ">Why read committed is the default isolation level, and what to do next </a> by Kendra Little Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Kendra_Little ">@Kendra_Little </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Josh </p><p><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/azure-data-factory-ci-cd-with-github-actions/ba-p/3768493 ">Azure Data Factory CI/CD with GitHub Actions </a> by Olga Molocenco </p><p> </p><p><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></p><p>We did some experiements earlier this month and loved the reception we recieved. We are working hard over here at Tales From The Field, TFTF, HQ to come up with some additional content for next month.</p><p>This week we have our Community Round Table on Tuesday & our MS Tech Bits on Wednesday. We hope you will join us for them, and if there's anything you would like to see sound off in the comments! We always love to hear from you Dear Reader.</p><p>And as always, Thank You for stopping by!</p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p><p><br /></p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-1702641366468434062023-03-20T06:54:00.008-04:002023-03-20T11:33:36.247-04:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 03-13-2023 & SQLBits 2023<p> Hello Dear Reader! What an incredible week we had. I started off traveling on Monday of last week. At the airport I ran into my friend David Pless ( Twitter | <a href="http://twitter.com/dpless">@dpless</a>), he and I were on the same flight to London! It was great to start off the trip hanging out with a good friend. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76qNxaV-Ygx1At1aFRWCF2wn5chlVbRzJJdo_Yxy128WE_75d45ZtvVOeo0kfWWZ-bS6B4Jf4JrhNKuzr_sTeaGxrImnl_BzE4qHHk_uj-hXfaBhcgH45s4lfXrmBpVK4Fb6-bPMlRuX-xmD9v3-xVDthZ6P794BxKevyqbfwXB9Pn7QqdaQKJONe/s2048/36920B50-26E6-4D98-BCFD-72586E857CF5.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76qNxaV-Ygx1At1aFRWCF2wn5chlVbRzJJdo_Yxy128WE_75d45ZtvVOeo0kfWWZ-bS6B4Jf4JrhNKuzr_sTeaGxrImnl_BzE4qHHk_uj-hXfaBhcgH45s4lfXrmBpVK4Fb6-bPMlRuX-xmD9v3-xVDthZ6P794BxKevyqbfwXB9Pn7QqdaQKJONe/s320/36920B50-26E6-4D98-BCFD-72586E857CF5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>After landing Tuesday morning, I took the Tube to Padington Station, then the Great Western Railroad out of London heading to Newport Wales.<p></p><p>There is a Rail Strike occuring in the country right now. That added a bit of tension to travel days as we did not know if trains would be running or not. One day your train would not have any issues, the next you would recieve alerts that your service may be disrupted. Luckily I did not experiance any issues with trains, but the drama hung in the air all week long for everyone.</p><p><a href="https://events.sqlbits.com/2023/">SQLBits</a> was taking place at the Newport Wales ICC. It was a fantastic venue, for more on that take a look at the shorts which started with a walk up and grew to be a review of the days events at SQLBits. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2We31uKWeQzoZnV5HpkjADVVwlfVeG0m-auj5rPNVL4np6p-pIkVNElqxKkUHojMmxyHJkipJN3rXLvmDAjACgKJAQimL5TGELdZYc_K2czSnWx9E2hJQpKPRwoquUZ37frMf1d1IOvc5zcQsnrCbq4LT-i0_vNdo0LP02uGu2SWg_AfzpOIFNJd7/s4032/3BC891E9-40DB-4DD5-A782-18A2D61D2165.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2We31uKWeQzoZnV5HpkjADVVwlfVeG0m-auj5rPNVL4np6p-pIkVNElqxKkUHojMmxyHJkipJN3rXLvmDAjACgKJAQimL5TGELdZYc_K2czSnWx9E2hJQpKPRwoquUZ37frMf1d1IOvc5zcQsnrCbq4LT-i0_vNdo0LP02uGu2SWg_AfzpOIFNJd7/s320/3BC891E9-40DB-4DD5-A782-18A2D61D2165.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>I was hustling to get out there because I was assisting with an amazing pre-con being put on my by Azure FastTrack Product Group, PG, colleague Stijn Wynatts (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/SQLStijn">@SQLStijn</a>), Filip Popovic & Mark Pryce-Maher from the Microsoft Azure Synapse PG, & Mr. Simon Whiteley (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/MrSiWhiteley">@MrSiWhiteley</a>) Microsoft MVP for <a href="https://events.sqlbits.com/2023/training-days">Lakehouse in a Day</a>! I was one of the people walking around and assiting others. I did that straight up until our Tuesday show. <div><br /></div><div>Wednesday I assisted with Bob Ward (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/bobwardms">@BobWardMS),</a> Marissa Matthews, and Buck Woody's training day, <b><i>The SQL Server 2022 Workshop</i></b>. It was a PACKED room. We had over 120 people sign up and we needed multiple additional tables. We did a lot of hands on work, I know if you where there chances are I helped you do it at some point! It was another fantastic day of learning. After that we went to a Girlguiding, Welsh Girl Scouts, volunteering event with other Microsoft Employees and Microsoft MVP's. We helpd to pick up litter and keep some of their fields and facilities clean. This was just good for our souls. It was wonderful to meet people from Newport and work along side them. This was hands down my favorite event that we did this week. Which is high praise, because this week was amazing.<p>I will get more into the work done in the updates below, but it was a wonderful and exhausting day that would end with myself in the Auditorium presenting with none other than Patrick LeBlanc (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/patrickdba">@PatrickDBA</a>). Saturday Patrick & myself presented on <i><b>The Most Powerful Azure Service that You've Never Heard of</b></i>.</p><p>Intruged?</p><p>Let's head over to the recap.</p><p><b><u>MS TECH BITS - MONDAY 3-13-2023 & WEDNESDAY 3-15-2023</u></b></p><p>On Monday my colleague Marco Aurelio Cardoso from the Azure FastTrack PG joined me to discuss OpenAI and Prompt engineering. We put this video together to showcase a partical application of how these services would be utilized. We also had some fun asking about the physical hygine of Master's of the Univers Characters as well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="317" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yVShqFToQek" width="485" youtube-src-id="yVShqFToQek"></iframe></div><p>Marco showed me how to create an Azure AI Chatbot that utilizes an OpenAI model to create an interactive Chatbot in a Slack Channel. We had a really good discussion about Responsible AI and the need to understand the source for the information that our model is returning. </p><p>Wednesday I had a video on how to set up a SQL Server 2022 Instance in Seconds, also it is free using the free version of Docker and SQL Server 2022 Developer Edition on a Docker Container.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="317" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AhnFM-GSXgA" width="481" youtube-src-id="AhnFM-GSXgA"></iframe></div><p>There are some internal concpets regarding SQL Server that it is importiant to understand. Understanding how to stand up an evironment quickly to test out new features is a good skill to have and will be key for some of our futuer conversations.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>SQLBits 2023 SHORTS </u></b></p><p>All this week I was making shorts videos recaping some of the activities of the conference. I'm only one human and could not make it to everything, but if you couldn't make it to SQLBits or if you want some nestolgia from the event please take a look.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="361" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6OOQTjaHbwY" width="427" youtube-src-id="6OOQTjaHbwY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>Newport Wales ICC walk up to #SQLBits 2023 Training Day 2</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="333" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bEZnpdJOWmU" width="420" youtube-src-id="bEZnpdJOWmU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>SQLBits Behind the scenes Day 1 Keynote, Sessions, & Volunteer Event</i></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="299" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VsccssrSJgQ" width="414" youtube-src-id="VsccssrSJgQ"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>EPIC SQLBits Costume Party, 5K Run, & General Sessions Day 2!!</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KEu8T6BI3-Y" width="426" youtube-src-id="KEu8T6BI3-Y"></iframe></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Last Day at SQLBits 2023, Community Keynote, General Sessions, & Saying goodbye</i></b></div></b><p>As you can see this was an exceptional event. So many fantastic sessions, I cannot wait to go look at the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@SQLBits">SQLBits channel </a>to find the sessions I missed and watch them when they are posted! Keep in mind SQLBits makes these sessions available for you to consume so make sure to check them out.</p><p><b><u>COMMUNITY ROUND TABLE - TUESDAY 3-14-2023</u></b></p><p>Buck Wood (Twitter | @BuckWoodyMSFT) joined Josh Luedeman (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/joshluedeman">@JoshLuedeman</a>), Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@Neeraj_Jhaveri</a>), Andres Padillia (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/nodestreamio">@nodestreamio</a>), and myself. Buck and I were live from the SQLBits Conference. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="276" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uAief-kwotA" width="443" youtube-src-id="uAief-kwotA"></iframe></div><br /><p>No further delays, lets get to the content in the order of appearence:</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/roll-with-us-at-sqlbits-2023/ba-p/3720321">Roll with us at SQLBits 2023! - Microsoft Community Hub</a> by Marisa Mathews Twitter @MarisaMathews @AzureSQL</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://jonnychipz.com/2021/05/04/creating-an-azure-sql-private-link-endpoint-and-managing-dns/ ">Creating an Azure SQL Private Link Endpoint and managing DNS</a> By John Lunn Twitter @jonnychipz</p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/parameters-and-hyperparameters-aa609601a9ac">Parameters and Hyperparameters in Machine Learning and Deep Learning</a> by Kizito Nyuytiymbiy Twitter @KizitoNyu</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-support-blog/scale-multiple-azure-sql-databases-on-a-logical-server/ba-p/3765894">Scale Multiple Azure SQL databases on a logical server </a> by Laith Ayesh</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-synapse-analytics-blog/azure-synapse-analytics-dedicated-sql-pool-data-modelling-best/ba-p/3716772">Azure Synapse analytics (dedicated SQL pool) data modelling best practices</a> by Bhaskar Sharma Twitter @sharmabhaskar</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://thomaslarock.com/2022/10/pro-sql-server-2022-wait-statistics-book/">Pro SQL Server 2022 Wait Statistics Book</a> by Thomas LaRock Twitter @SQLRockStar</p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.griproom.com/fun/how-to-write-better-prompts-for-chat-gpt">How to Write Better Prompts for Chat GPT</a> by Derek Slater Twitter @GripRoom</p><p><br /></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/7580/scalar-using-table-user-defined-spark-functions-azure-databricks/">Code Reuse with Spark Functions for Azure Databricks </a> by John Miner Twitter @JohnMiner3</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://wpswings.com/blog/engineers-day-appreciation/">Appreciation Posts for Engineers Day Across Globe</a> by Muskaan Sabarwal Twitter @MuskaanSabarwal</p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/wait-statistics-or-please-tell-me-where-it-hurts/">SQL Server Wait Statistics (or please tell me where it hurts…)</a> By Paul Randal Twitter @PaulRandal</p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://mattnigh.github.io/ChatGPT3-Free-Prompt-List/">ChatGPT-3 Prompt Engineering</a> by Matt Nigh Twitter @literallynigh</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-postgresql/monitoring-pgbouncer-in-azure-postgresql-flexible-server/ba-p/3762146">Monitoring PgBouncer in Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server </a> by Varun Dhawan Twitter @iVarund</p><div><br /></div><p><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b> </p><p>As I type this I'm crossing the Atlantic Ocean to head back home. I don't know that there is anything left for me to say.</p><p>Tuesday we have the Community Round Table & Wednesday we will be dropping our MS Tech Bits. I'm ready to lean this seat back and get some rest.</p><p>Have a great week Dear Reader, be good to one another. And as always, Thank you for stopping by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-62331045328856357342023-03-13T11:40:00.006-04:002023-03-13T11:40:43.169-04:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 03-06-2023 & Pineapple on Peperoni <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcmDzo4FEG55v_JdIsrKREoskhfTrwkykU-rKfeDZQCFaYLKDXpJnwxYsEeyKp2RYP-R_SE7pmRAibO9ugf_QJNoPoYGaMmTIcD_clrMLYUJf0bnG3Cd1YSpaJHpY7mG1n_PQdr2GuGItPsKG188CFWdpa-5X0JIDi5vLoFwJ6ZXZtlN80Fu0s4O3/s2049/01a26639f7fb99b8eeb71ace6a6d84a38bba0cbdc1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcmDzo4FEG55v_JdIsrKREoskhfTrwkykU-rKfeDZQCFaYLKDXpJnwxYsEeyKp2RYP-R_SE7pmRAibO9ugf_QJNoPoYGaMmTIcD_clrMLYUJf0bnG3Cd1YSpaJHpY7mG1n_PQdr2GuGItPsKG188CFWdpa-5X0JIDi5vLoFwJ6ZXZtlN80Fu0s4O3/s320/01a26639f7fb99b8eeb71ace6a6d84a38bba0cbdc1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader! Last week was an incredible week. We dropped new content on Monday, Tuesday had the Community Round Table, Wednesday MS Tech Bits, and released YouTube Shorts all week long.<br /><p></p><p>We also waded into controversy on Twitter. It began with a seemingly innocent and funny post by Buck Woody (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/BuckWoodyMSFT">@BuckWoodyMSFT)</a> and well.... <a href="https://twitter.com/BuckWoodyMSFT/status/1634177798225920000">it just took off from there.</a></p><p>Needless to say, anyone who doesn't like Pineapple and Peperoni on their NY Style pizza clearly has never tried it and is therefore wrong. End of discussion.</p><p>A quick note. </p><p><i><b>*Hawiian pizza is disgusting. Canadian Bacon is a lie. Real Canadian Bacon should be maple coated real-bacon. Not ham. Ham should not be on a pizza, with the only exception being a supreme pizza.</b></i></p><p>End note.</p><p>My Mom & Dad were over for my youngest daughter's 13th birthday. Happy Birthday Serenity! During which my father, who ran a pizza restaurant, and spent over 25 years in the restaurant business. had never tried it. He did, and he was surprised how good it was. He even went for a second slice!</p><p><br /></p><p>On to the recap!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>MONDAY 3-6-2023</u></b></p><p>Andres Padilla (Twitter | @NodeStreamIO) & Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | @Neeraj_Jhaveri) kicked off Monday with an introduction to Azure OpenAI. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="314" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7T819Mfi2ZI" width="482" youtube-src-id="7T819Mfi2ZI"></iframe></div><br /><p>This video has proven very popular, I'm not going to ruin it for you. Head over and take a look. Andres walks us through registering to gain access to & then shows us some of the Azure OpenAI playground. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>TUESDAY 3-7-2023</u></b></p><p>Tuesday is the new home to our Community Round Table. It was a great show, but as always the star of the show is the content from the Azure Data Community.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="327" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ilmXs3KrdZQ" width="474" youtube-src-id="ilmXs3KrdZQ"></iframe></div><br /><p>List of content in order of appearance on the show:</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://github.com/andedevsecops/aws-data-connector-az-sentinel ">AWS Lambda Function to import CloudTrail Logs to Azure Sentinel </a>by Sreedhar Ande Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/sreedharande">@sreedharande</a></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://blog.robsewell.com/blog/powershell/sqlbits/community/speaking/conference/searching-the-sqlbits-agenda-with-powershell/">SQLBits Agenda and PowerShell, displaying and searching </a> By Rob Sewell Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/SQLDBAWithBeard">@SQLDBAWithBeard</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I<a href="https://azure.github.io/IoTTrainingPack/ ">oT Production Training Pack </a>by Raul Alarcon </p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/farming-from-space-how-orbital-data-is-unlocking-novel-agriculture-insights/">Farming from space: How orbital data is unlocking novel agriculture insights </a>by Matt Jennings Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/MattJenningsMS">@MattJenningsMS</a></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.oliviervs.be/power-bi/power-bi-paginated-reports-subscriptions/">Power BI Paginated Reports - Subscriptions</a> by Olivier Van Steenlandt Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Oli_Vsteenlandt">@Oli_Vsteenlandt</a></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vSjrvLGJZA">Advancing Spark - Power BI Databricks Connector with Native SQL </a> by Simon Whiteley Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/MrSiWhiteley">@MrSiWhiteley</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/internet-of-things-blog/automatic-iot-edge-certificate-management-with-globalsign-est/ba-p/3739767">Automatic IoT Edge Certificate Management with GlobalSign EST </a> by John Lian </p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.sqlbi.com/tv/using-calculation-groups-or-many-to-many-relationships-for-time-intelligence-selection/">Using calculation groups or one to many relationships for time intelligence selection</a> by Alberto Ferrari Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/FerrariAlberto">@FerrariAlberto</a></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-synapse-analytics-blog/azure-synapse-spark-notebook-unit-testing/bc-p/3758253#M794">Azure Synapse Spark Notebook – Unit Testing </a> by Arun Sethia </p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KG-LogdI9g">Provide data lake access with Azure Synapse Analytics</a> by Patrick LeBlanc, Adam Saxton, Guy In A Cube Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/patrickdba">@PatrickDBA</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/adamsaxton">@AdamSaxton</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/GuyInACube">@GuyInACube</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://naemazam.medium.com/best-computer-vision-projects-with-source-code-and-dataset-6af1aa457df7 ">Best Computer Vision projects With Source Code And Dataset</a> by Naem Azam Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/naemazamankon">@naemazamankon</a></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-retirement-of-streaming-dataflows/">Announcing the retirement of Streaming Dataflows</a> by Jadelyn Ray Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/MSPowerBI">@MSPowerBI</a></p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><b><u>WEDNESDAY 3-8-2023</u></b></p><p>On Wednesday we released The SECRET Language of Azure SQL!!! WAIT STATS! That's right Dear Reader 3 exclamation marks. This is serious. It's also not really a secret. Everyone wants you to know about this. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="316" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8CS5g-jYXXQ" width="479" youtube-src-id="8CS5g-jYXXQ"></iframe></div><br /><p>In the comments I have links to a great script that Paul Randal (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulRandal">@PaulRandal</a>) <a href="https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/wait-statistics-or-please-tell-me-where-it-hurts/">wrote over a decade ago</a>, to a <a href="https://thomaslarock.com/2022/10/pro-sql-server-2022-wait-statistics-book/">book on the subject that Thomas LaRock</a> (Twitter | <a href="SQLRockstar">@SQLRockstar</a>) has written. Check out the video then read Paul's article and order Tom's book. This is a very critical topic for any SQL DBA or Developer to understand.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>SHORTS</u></b></p><p>We release a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGhvA9jw5mvhO5p5CQ1Ct2W4n0tEyx93G">whole host of Shorts</a> related to the subject of interviewing for a job as a SQL DBA or for a SQL Developer. There quality gets better as the week goes along. I switched video editing tools and was able to improve the quality. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a list:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI58pgIig5g&list=PLGhvA9jw5mvhO5p5CQ1Ct2W4n0tEyx93G&index=6">SQL Interview Questions - Understand the Versions of SQL</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjmGV09IPIc&list=PLGhvA9jw5mvhO5p5CQ1Ct2W4n0tEyx93G&index=5">SQL Interview Questions - Follow Up After the Interview</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu2O-dqQcmo&list=PLGhvA9jw5mvhO5p5CQ1Ct2W4n0tEyx93G&index=1">SQL Interview Questions - Understanding Wait Stats</a></li><li><a href="SQL Interview Questions - Understanding Execution Plans">SQL Interview Questions - Understanding Execution Plans</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiJg8FiTKKg&list=PLGhvA9jw5mvhO5p5CQ1Ct2W4n0tEyx93G&index=3">SQL Interview Questions - How do you pronounce 'SQL'?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6a4I_YLLKs&list=PLGhvA9jw5mvhO5p5CQ1Ct2W4n0tEyx93G&index=7">SQL Interview Questions- the Data Community</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtGQB9Y3iN8&list=PLGhvA9jw5mvhO5p5CQ1Ct2W4n0tEyx93G&index=10">SQL Interview Questions- The Worst Question Ever</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq-YSQwk_cs&list=PLGhvA9jw5mvhO5p5CQ1Ct2W4n0tEyx93G&index=8">SQL Interview Questions- DON’T RELY ON 3rd Party Tools!</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUjFTdk2Thg&list=PLGhvA9jw5mvhO5p5CQ1Ct2W4n0tEyx93G&index=8">SQL Interview Questions- Know the basics Clustered Indexes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqI7JrsJiQY">Next Week SQLBits 2023!!</a></li></ul><p></p><p> We will see how this goes, bit of an experiment on our part. We had around 1000 cumulative views on this last week alone. It's a difficult format because you have a max of 60 seconds to get a fairly technical point across. If there is something you'd like to see we'd love to hear from you!</p><p><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></p><p>Alright Dear Reader. I've off to SQLBits this week. Stay tuned to the channel. We have a SPECIAL Monday content drop, our Tuesday Community Round table, Wednesday MS Tech Bits, Interview clips from previous interviews will be dropping, also maybe some shorts from <a href="https://events.sqlbits.com/2023/?">SQLBits</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>As always Dear Reader, Thank you for stopping by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-64720917718150171412023-03-07T05:50:00.000-05:002023-03-07T05:50:13.275-05:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 02-27-2023 & Some Changes<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BNanYvlv0x8SwHH77wdHfu4jTCn0gh45-MUVhvBTninKVSAR6vPWXxLQSnj5-gGbceq2C4GeSV__sQB8bfA0S6lu4N19fP6u6gLFl_ea4ADXRBGueR2drzam-TLiwIaQoEZ95WKs3t21nd-QoIySLJCPFnoJuxGLd5erZbDEnWQK64Osmmn1dxS3/s2049/01f2c676fe29b305441f2625df43948edba6bf5964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BNanYvlv0x8SwHH77wdHfu4jTCn0gh45-MUVhvBTninKVSAR6vPWXxLQSnj5-gGbceq2C4GeSV__sQB8bfA0S6lu4N19fP6u6gLFl_ea4ADXRBGueR2drzam-TLiwIaQoEZ95WKs3t21nd-QoIySLJCPFnoJuxGLd5erZbDEnWQK64Osmmn1dxS3/s320/01f2c676fe29b305441f2625df43948edba6bf5964.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader! Change is the one constant in life and over here at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Tales-from-the-Field">Tales from the Field</a> we've been<br /> hard at work making some changes. <p></p><p>Over the last 5 months since we kicked off the show we've been experimenting with different content. We started off with the hosting & interview show on Tuesday and the Community Round Table on Thursday.</p><p>We added a few sporadic technical videos, and then in February kicked off our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGhvA9jw5mvi-b5SQuVP_sHxN4jZ4F5fZ">MS Tech Bits</a> every Wednesday.</p><p>We are data folk at heart, so after looking at the analytics, we were blown away! In just one month of technical videos we had almost doubled our subscribers, and our viewership.</p><p>While we produced 2 Live Shows per week, we received just as many views and almost doubled our subscribers with one technical video a week.</p><p>Out of the Live Shows the most popular thing we do is the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGhvA9jw5mvhyKIPEGjC5bgUYPaiCA3yi">Community Round Table</a>, and it is our favorite thing! We get to talk about you and what you are doing. We get to shine a light on new voices, wonderful established voices, or voices that you may not be aware. Each of my cohosts brings an amazing and unique point of view to this endeavor. I love learning new things or getting new videos to check out thanks to Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@Neeraj_Jhaveri</a>), Andrés Padilla (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/nodestreamio">@nodestreamio</a>), Daniel Taylor (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/dbabulldog">@DBABulldog</a>), & Josh Luedeman (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/joshluedeman">@JoshLuedeman</a>). </p><p> I guess that is another change as well. We appreciate the efforts of Daniel Taylor so much that he is now officially part of the team! Dan is our go-to when we've had someone out of the office and he has an amazing technical mind. We are lucky to have him as part of our crew.</p><p>We want to devote more time to producing technical videos. So this week we are moving our Community Round Table shows to Tuesday and we are pausing the interviews.</p><p></p>We will continue our focus on technical content and making sure that we are rolling out a few technical videos a week.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoPoy4z3mb5daatDfAXIt6y5FTEvJv1OLvbhG_s5dpmGPhhf6nlcd8JJSHxb4XsJ76WGuQMhmqwaoCYXm2uWr58xcJOigL73MpvYAVGnekv_OLFoXiFNh_dtn2tymGTKLbOAqSMqDx_A1bRxeT_44kEqqxMN_DihII9Kvem-ljtM10B4wR9Rz_NzR/s3044/V2%20design.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2827" data-original-width="3044" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoPoy4z3mb5daatDfAXIt6y5FTEvJv1OLvbhG_s5dpmGPhhf6nlcd8JJSHxb4XsJ76WGuQMhmqwaoCYXm2uWr58xcJOigL73MpvYAVGnekv_OLFoXiFNh_dtn2tymGTKLbOAqSMqDx_A1bRxeT_44kEqqxMN_DihII9Kvem-ljtM10B4wR9Rz_NzR/s320/V2%20design.png" width="320" /></a></div>All based on the work we are doing with customers aka friends over "in the field", answering questions, or covering topics we've had to help our friends with. A big important part of our job is also our internal work in Azure Engineering, also technically our field. Hence our name, Tales from the Field.<p></p><p>This week and next week we will be adding a treat of Monday videos and some <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Tales-from-the-Field/shorts">shorts </a>relating to interviewing for SQL DBA jobs. </p><p>In some fun news we've had the logo refreshed, some laptop stickers made prior to<a href="https://events.sqlbits.com/2023/?"> SQLBits</a> & <a href="https://sqlsaturday.com/2023-05-06-sqlsaturday1041/">SQL Saturday Jacksonville #1041</a>! If you are attending those events and want a sticker please find me and I'm taking about 200 so find me I will be happy to share them!</p><p>After SQLBits we will be working on a new channel trailer, getting the logo incorporated into our header, and adding it to our video trailers. We really love it and the graphic designer did a bang-up job!</p><p>Ok, enough from me. On to the Recap!</p><p><br /></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><u>TUESDAY 2-28-2023</u></b></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;">We had the AMAZING Vicky Harp (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/vickyharp">@VickyHarp</a>) on the Tuesday show for an interview. The subject was Building a Brand. Vicky is a Principal Group Program Manager for the Windows Developer Experience Team, Vicky has also had a hand in building some of the product, that if you use SQL Sever, you know & love.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="327" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7McxCloTrWg" width="477" youtube-src-id="7McxCloTrWg"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>This was a fantastic episode were we discussed the concepts of external or community branding as well as internal or building your brand inside of the company you work for. Both of these brands are ESENTIAL to success.</p><p>We covered advice and guidance that Vicky had for people new in their careers and also for those that had been around for a while. Make sure you check it out!</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><u>WEDNESDAY 3-31-2023</u></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">On Wednesday we launched our latest MS Tech Bits <i>Make Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose FASTER!!I </i> On a personal note, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RESPONSE! As of right now this is the <b>MOST</b> watched video on our channel and it has not yet been out a week.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="314" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O1Ux-vtq9nM" width="481" youtube-src-id="O1Ux-vtq9nM"></iframe></div><p></p><p>If you liked this video, we have some really great content planned at the channel. We hope you will check it out if you haven't already.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><u>THURSDAY 3-2-2023</u></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">On Thursday we had our Community Round Table featuring data from you the Azure Data Community or the community at large. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="323" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X3YUbKk13MQ" width="481" youtube-src-id="X3YUbKk13MQ"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>This is always a fun show where I get to hang out with my friends and share the things we've all found interesting over the past week. The star of that show is the content, so without further ado.</p><p><br /></p><p>Content in order of appearance:</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://greatresumesfast.com/blog/the-importance-of-personal-branding-to-career-growth/#:~:text=Personal%20branding%20is%20the%20practice,your%20career%20and%20personal%20life">The Importance of Personal Branding to Career Growth Plus 12 Tips for Branding Success</a> by Jessica H Hernandez Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/greatresume">@GreatResume</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/challenges?id=87474c36-cc48-4182-8342-8abbf7a1fd98&WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-4033492">DataChick's Secure Your Azure SQL Data Challenge</a> By Karen Lopez Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/datachick">@DataChick</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci5jsA8Fq8I">How To Fix Stream Lag: 5 Reasons You are Lagging </a>by Live Streaming Tech Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/tech_streaming">@tech_streaming</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/announcing-azure-data-tech-groups-v2-0-big-news-for-user-groups/ba-p/3756417">Announcing Azure Data Tech Groups v2.0</a> by Rie Merrit Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/irishsql">@IrishSQL</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/AzureSQL">@AzureSQL</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-synapse-analytics-blog/using-openai-gpt-in-synapse-analytics/ba-p/3751815">Using OpenAI GPT in Synapse Analytics</a> by Thomas Costers </p><p><br /></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDS3TNzYKaI">Programming Databases with T-SQL for Beginners</a> by Buck Woody & Marisa Mathews Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/buckwoodymsft">@BuckWoodyMSFT</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AzureSQL">@AzureSQL</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href=" https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/data-exposed/calling-rest-endpoints-from-t-sql-data-exposed-mvp-edition">Calling REST endpoints from T-SQL</a> by Rob Farley Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/rob_farley">@rob_farley</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/irishsql">@IrishSQL</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AzureSQL">@AzureSQL</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://blog.greglow.com/2023/02/26/sql-understanding-change-data-capture-for-azure-sql-database-part1-why/">Understanding Change Data Capture for Azure SQL Database Part 1 by Greg Low</a> Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/greglow">@greglow</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.imaginated.com/blog/personal-branding-for-students/">Personal Branding for Students: 7 Tips You Should Know</a> by Nate Torres</p><p><br /></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://sqlkover.com/extracting-data-from-the-afas-rest-api-with-azure-data-factory/">Extracting Data from the AFAS REST API with Azure Data Factory</a> By Koen Verbeeck Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ko_ver">@Ko_Ver</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.databricks.com/blog/2022/05/19/how-i-built-a-streaming-analytics-app-with-sql-and-delta-live-tables.html">How I Built A Streaming Analytics App With SQL and Delta Live Tables</a> by Richard Tomlinson Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/tomlinsonr">@tomlinsonr</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/jonathan/sql-server-2022-measuring-extended-events-performance-impacts/">SQL Server 2022: Measuring Extended Events Performance Impacts</a> by Jonathan Kehayias Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/SQLpoolboy">@SQLPoolBoy</a></p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></span></p><p>This week is a big week Dear Reader. We have technical content dropping this Monday and next Monday. This Monday we have an Introduction to OpenAI by<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"> </span></span>Andrés & Neeraj! We have our Tuesday Round Table show featuring maybe your content!?! </p><p>We have our Wednesday MS Tech Bits, this will be yours truly with an Introduction to SQL Wait Stats and we are dropping our SQL Interview shorts all this week.</p><p>Most important, Thank You Dear Reader for stopping by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-77689354896246265182023-02-27T09:57:00.000-05:002023-02-27T09:57:04.601-05:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 02-20-2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3Ne9XJDprmPUyG5XQcFoPAEycMLP8VC4YHuZnNMH4w-r9ewzr-8ZHnfRedChWlYXtxtsagssnUn3orY9CCYfsR-J5eB4nmXpZeD45WNSUME_iUTx5_ij4Fa4zgds_vyA2TeYpTUaVFZCQf33w77xHbNyFaXggeMpjS43g7kugW2Gvc7qRIjFkU3y/s2049/01dd43961cd7469d8a16a1d9e75622a9d6d2e3a139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3Ne9XJDprmPUyG5XQcFoPAEycMLP8VC4YHuZnNMH4w-r9ewzr-8ZHnfRedChWlYXtxtsagssnUn3orY9CCYfsR-J5eB4nmXpZeD45WNSUME_iUTx5_ij4Fa4zgds_vyA2TeYpTUaVFZCQf33w77xHbNyFaXggeMpjS43g7kugW2Gvc7qRIjFkU3y/s320/01dd43961cd7469d8a16a1d9e75622a9d6d2e3a139.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Hello Dear Reader! We had a beautiful weekend here in Florida. Spring is in the air, mainly because the temperature is ranging between 85 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. This has lead to some rather pronounced sneezing on my morning exercise routine. The type of sneezing that has scared children and small animals.<div><br /></div><div>It was a really nice weekend, enjoying the tale end of February before a busy March.</div><div><br /></div><div>This was a good time to get some recordings done, have some outings with the Mrs., and meet the gentleman for a morning of golf. I'm not good at golf, quite terrible actually. It is a good excuse to spend two hours with friends talking about life, family, and generally trading our perspectives on things.</div><div><br /></div><div>As we say goodbye to Winter and begin to focus on Spring it seemed like last week was indeed the perfect way to send off February with a bang.</div><div><br /></div><div>Off to the wrap up.<br /><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><b><u>Tuesday 2-21-2023</u></b></div><div>On Tuesday we had a little bit of Christmas in February with out Elfster show. Our good friend Lonnye Bower (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/ilovesql">@ilovesql</a>) had the brilliant idea to have a gift exchange! Andrew Nathan (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewNathan05">@AndrewNathan05</a>) & Daniel Taylor (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/dbabulldog">@DBABulldog</a>) were quick to sound off their excitement and we planned our eventual holiday extravaganza! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="343" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kUOrn4w90KM" width="484" youtube-src-id="kUOrn4w90KM"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>We all were super excited for this. No technical topics in this show, just a bunch of friends joking around, playing Secret Santa, and opening presents. If you are looking for some fun and a laugh, please tune in. This was a really fun time!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Wednesday 2-22-2023</u></b></div><p style="text-align: left;">On Wednesday we dropped our latest <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGhvA9jw5mvi-b5SQuVP_sHxN4jZ4F5fZ">MS Tech Bits</a>. These are videos that will cover different Azure technologies and how you can incorporate them. Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@Neeraj_Jhaveri</a>) & Andr<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 13px;">és </span>Padilla (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/nodestreamio">@nodestreamio</a>) walk us how to use <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/learn-bicep">BICEP </a>templates from our <a href="https://github.com/Azure/AnalyticsinaBox">GitHub repository</a> to walk you through deploying Pattern 1 in order to deploy you Azure Synapse Analytics environment. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="333" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AEq8yEk8SaE" width="482" youtube-src-id="AEq8yEk8SaE"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is a great video and it is just the start, personally I'm really looking forward to additions to this series.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Thursday 2-23-2023</u></b></div><div>On Thursday we had our Community Round Table featuring amazing content by you the <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/community?activetab=pivot:sqlservertab">Azure Data Community</a> & sometimes great authors from our community at large!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="328" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bJIlyHf0do0" width="484" youtube-src-id="bJIlyHf0do0"></iframe></div><br /></div><div>Josh Luedeman (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/joshluedeman">@JoshLuedeman</a>) wore his hat from the Tuesday show, and we kicked off reviewing the content our team had seleted for the week. But you don't want to here me talk about it, here are the links!</div><div><br /></div><div>Links in order of appearence on the show:</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Neeraj</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.kevinrchant.com/2022/10/20/a-complete-ci-cd-experience-for-azure-synapse-link-for-sql-server-2022/">A complete CI/CD experience for Azure Synapse Link for SQL Server 2022</a> by Kevin Chant Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/kevchant">@kevchant</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://research.gigaom.com/reprint/sql-transaction-processing-and-analytic-performance-price-performance-testing-22-585-microsoft/">SQL Transaction Processing and Analytic Performance Price-Performance Testing</a> By William McKnight & Jake Dolezal via gigaom Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/gigaom">@gigaom</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/internet-of-things-show/streamline-your-edge-ai-development-and-operations-with-kan">Streamline your Edge AI development and operations with KAN</a> by Olivier Bloch Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/obloch">@obloch</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Josh</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://tracyboggiano.com/archive/2023/01/script-to-install-the-tools-i-use-on-my-jumpbox/ ">Script to Install the Tools I Use on My Jumpbox </a>by Tracy Boggiano Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/TracyBoggiano">@TracyBoggiano</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Neeraj</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-synapse-analytics-blog/securing-your-synapse-environment/ba-p/3725524">Securing your Synapse environment </a> by Liliam Leme Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/LemeLiliam">@LemeLiliam</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2-pOVsHX5Y ">Synapse Espresso: Optimize Delta Table performance with Optimize & ZOrder Indexing</a> by Stijn Wynants Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/SQLStijn">@SQLStijn</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-data-explorer-blog/train-your-model-in-aml-score-it-in-adx/ba-p/1339750">Train your Model in AML, score it in ADX</a> by Adi Eldar</div><div><br /></div><div>Josh</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.kevinrchant.com/2023/02/20/sql-action-v2-github-action-for-azure-sql-database-deployments/">Sql-action v2 GitHub Action for Azure SQL Database deployments</a> by Kevin Chant Twitter @kevchant</div><div><br /></div><div>Neeraj</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://build5nines.com/deploying-azure-bicep-templates-using-the-azure-cli/ ">Deploying Azure Bicep Templates Using The Azure CLI </a> by Chris Pietschmann Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Build5Nines">@Build5Nines</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/7540/jsonobject-and-jsonarray-sql-server-functions/">json_object and json_array Functions SQL Server 2022 Tutorial</a> By Daniel Calbimonte Twitter @MSSQLTips</div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://aka.ms/datagofast | https://aka.ms/appgofast">I Wanna Go Fast!)Performance Optimization Tips & Tricks for Azure Data and App Services</a> by Marcelo Silva & Victor Santana</div><div><br /></div><div>Josh</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://joeydantoni.com/2022/09/26/using-the-dedicated-administrator-connection-with-sql-server-in-a-docker-container/">Using the Dedicated Administrator Connection with SQL Server in a Docker Container</a> by Joey D'Antoni Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/jdanton">@jdanton</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>We've got a big week planned this week. Vicky Harp (Twitter |<a href="https://twitter.com/vickyharp"> @vickyharp</a> ) Principal Product Group PM Manager will be on the Tuesday show!</div><div><br /></div><div>On Wednesday I have some MS Tech Bits that will be posted, on Thursday we have the Community Round table featuring data from the Azure Data Community, and it maybe featuring your content! Let us know if you are writing a blog, producing a video, or doing something noteworthy in the community! </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>As always Dear Reader, Thank you for stopping by.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br /></div><div>Brad</div>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-13927456494631527982023-02-20T10:33:00.004-05:002023-02-20T10:35:37.794-05:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 02-13-2023<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiIY-zwSGJ7zVwjpvz7avkg3SOY1k5QcJV6OM6X7C3yAxTdvYfozwGOAaJI1oQj2x2khrk_tMzmm1EEQOHvpr-vc1PbTnV82z-25pz9oJeaMAXk8mZ9LP_88uy2F3j6wqrFKivqhSfPBIiPzGViOV54ksAVaHrxHdDH57QIL2fCbs948nDEzwdy2vn" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="2048" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiIY-zwSGJ7zVwjpvz7avkg3SOY1k5QcJV6OM6X7C3yAxTdvYfozwGOAaJI1oQj2x2khrk_tMzmm1EEQOHvpr-vc1PbTnV82z-25pz9oJeaMAXk8mZ9LP_88uy2F3j6wqrFKivqhSfPBIiPzGViOV54ksAVaHrxHdDH57QIL2fCbs948nDEzwdy2vn" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josh & myself at Antman & the Wasp Quantumania</td></tr></tbody></table> Hello Dear Reader! It's the Presidents Day holiday today in America. With it comes a 3 day weekend. To celebrate Josh Luedeman (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshLuedeman">@JoshLuedeman</a>), myself, and our families went to see Antman & the Wasp: Quantumania over the holiday weekend. </p><p>Despite the poor reviews on Rotten Tomatoes the movie was great. Once again proving why I'm not a movie critic, and why I don't understand how movie critics have a job. Have no fear, there are no spoilers here. It was an exciting action-adventure with a really good family theme, and a surprisingly happy ending with a heavy bit of foreshadowing. I enjoyed it so much I saw it the next day with my oldest son and it was just as enjoyable as it was the first time.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPjoQPBTauYko8FjrXR4R8fslfo7vkMFfbuu18pnp2_aV_wTwCZG5RQE2LZuhFEDPR4Hzoo_f1tQZxlIFGFer6zcNhWOP1KOWYU9hBHhcVUU3ddrI7GixYqGxHZzmuWJ-xN2dm5V4dLy-SnhyisOx5_ZTbOsjSiMYbEgYuUgFd2Dji6pE6DWpUJUIM" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPjoQPBTauYko8FjrXR4R8fslfo7vkMFfbuu18pnp2_aV_wTwCZG5RQE2LZuhFEDPR4Hzoo_f1tQZxlIFGFer6zcNhWOP1KOWYU9hBHhcVUU3ddrI7GixYqGxHZzmuWJ-xN2dm5V4dLy-SnhyisOx5_ZTbOsjSiMYbEgYuUgFd2Dji6pE6DWpUJUIM" width="320" /></a></div>We headed over to visit family for dinner on Saturday, while Sunday was a nice lazy today I am using my <br />day off to learn a little more about video editing, pre-posting our next two <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGhvA9jw5mvi-b5SQuVP_sHxN4jZ4F5fZ">MS Tech Bits</a> , and learning about end screen YouTube pages. My wife does not have the day off so I'm on dinner duty tonight!<p></p><p><br /></p><p>"<i>So Balls</i>," you say "<i>what's for dinner?</i>".</p><p><br /></p><p>Excellent question as always Dear Reader! I have some ribeye steaks defrosting in the refrigerator. I plan to make a homemade chimichurri, put half on the steaks, and vacuum seal them, then sous vide them, before finishing them off on the grill to get a nice char on the exterior. But enough of us all getting hungry before lunch, let alone dinner, lets head off to the recap!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Tuesday 2-14-2023</u></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Valentines Day kicked off with the Batman of Guy in a Cube (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/guyinacube">@GuyInACube</a>), Mr. Patrick LeBlanc (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/patrickdba">@PatrickDBA</a>) himself! We had a great conversation about how to Manage Work Life Balance. Part of that conversation has to involve admitting that we have not always done a good job of managing work life balance. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="333" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-K_E5Z1z5bA" width="492" youtube-src-id="-K_E5Z1z5bA"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Often it is times of trial and error, life, and loss that teach us that we have to do better. On Thursday, our good friend Lonnye Bower (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/ilovesql">@ilovesql</a>) challenged us to call it a Life-Work balance, but I'm getting ahead of myself.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday 2-15-2023</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">First off thank you Dear Reader for the reception of our MS Tech Bits! This is quickly becoming some of our most viewed content. This past week was no exception. In less than a week this has become our 2nd most viewed MS Tech Bits!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uU0hsgs_JFc" width="475" youtube-src-id="uU0hsgs_JFc"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm working with some friend on the Azure SQL MI PG and we have videos that we will be cross posting helping people to further understand one of my favorite products Azure SQL Managed Instance. In this video we show how to backup and restore a SQL MI DB from a SQL MI Instance and restore it on a SQL Server 2022 instance.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We do this in an unencrypted manner, but it is completely possible to do this in an encrypted manner. We will cover that in a future video. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday 2-16-2023</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">On Thursday we kicked off our Round Table with our good friend Daniel Taylor (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/dbabulldog">@DBABulldog</a>) sitting in for Josh Luedeman. Dan joined Andrés Padilla (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/nodestreamio">@Nodestreamio</a>), Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@Neeraj_Jhaveri</a>) to review the AMAZING CONTENT created by you the ccommunity! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="311" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cRB4F0H1wPY" width="482" youtube-src-id="cRB4F0H1wPY"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">As I mentioned earlier Lonnye challenged us to stop referring to Work-Life balance and instead say Life-Work balance. Bravo to Lonnye for pushing us to be better!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is the content in the order of appearance on the show:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Neeraj</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://teambuilding.com/blog/work-life-balance">24 Work-Life Balance Ideas & Tips for Offices in 2023 </a>by Grace He Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/teambuildingcom">@teambuildingcom</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/automatic-compute-scaling-with-serverless-for-hyperscale-in/ba-p/3624440">Automatic compute scaling with serverless for Hyperscale in Azure SQL Database</a> By Morgan Oslake </div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://rogermartin.medium.com/being-too-busy-means-your-personal-strategy-sucks-8f24b9327179">Being ‘Too Busy’ Means Your Personal Strategy Sucks</a> by Roger Martin Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/RogerLMartin">@RogerLMartin</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Dan</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://jesspomfret.com/t-sql-tuesday-141/">T-SQL Tuesday #141: Work/Life balance</a> by Jess Pomfret Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/JPOMFRet">@jpomfret</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Neeraj</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.betterup.com/blog/work-life-balance">12 Tips to Improve Your Work-Life Balance</a> by Judy Wolf Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/BetterUp">@BetterUp</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58rLq8MF2mc">Publish/Migrate your RDL files from Power BI Report Server to the service</a> by Patrick LeBlanc & Guy in a Cube Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/patrickdba">@Patrickdba</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/guyinacube">@GuyInACube</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sentinel-blog/automation-integrate-azure-data-explorer-as-long-term-log/ba-p/2512703 ">Automation: Integrate Azure Data Explorer as Long-Term Log Retention for Microsoft Sentinel</a> by Sreedhar Ande Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/sreedharande">@sreedharande</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Dan</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://chrisyatessql.com/2021/08/10/t-sql-tuesday-141-work-life-balance/">T-SQL Tuesday #141: Work/Life balance</a> by Chris Yates Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/YatesSQL">@YatesSQL</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Neeraj</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://buildremote.co/companies/best-work-life-balance/">63 Companies With The Best Work-Life Balance</a> by Henry Oloughlin Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/buildremote">@buildremote</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Bradley</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://dbanuggets.com/2023/02/05/quick-track-beginners-guide-to-azure-sql-azure-defender-and-threat-protection/">Quick Track: Beginner’s Guide to Azure SQL- Azure Defender and Threat Protection</a> By Deepthi Goguri Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/dbanuggets">@dbanuggets</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Andres</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ33PJzJtlw">Data Quality Testing in the Medallion Architecture with Pytest and PySpark</a> by Carter Kilgour</div><div><br /></div><div>Dan</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://dalehirt.com/2021/08/10/t-sql-tuesday-141-work-life-balance/">T-SQL Tuesday #141: Work/Life balance</a> by Dale Hirt Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/dalehirt">@dalehirt</a></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">This week is the week Dear Reader! Christmas in February, our Elfster show is happening. Who got who? What gifts did we each get? We will finally find out Tuesday 2/21/2023 at 1 pm EST. This will be a packed show, and it looks to be a lot of fun.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On Wednesday we have another great MS Tech Bits that will drop. This time Andés and Neeraj are back for the first of what will be a series of videos teaching you how to use BICEP to deploy Analytics Pattern 1 for Azure Synapse Analytics using our <a href="https://github.com/Azure/AnalyticsinaBox">Analytics in a Box GitHub repo</a>!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thursday we will be back with the Community Round table, potentially featuring your content!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ok, time to rest up while I can.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh, one other thing. We broke a milestone and it is all thanks to you Dear Reader. We offically hit over 100 subscribers on our YouTube channel! Thank you so much for joining us on this ride.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And as always Dear Reader, Thank you for stopping by.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Brad</div></div><br /><p></p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-36252910826177266752023-02-13T12:50:00.002-05:002023-02-13T12:59:56.802-05:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 02-06-2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7JzyinZ-l4Y9w9mdGmnkzbd8YbHvDMCr6QFgC_X9lyz3d4GpR5WGSjyMma8Hc5ZUUO6dChexZxWtl53g1yJbplg9yvuTKI7nrloARZ3U78888j2XD2Iba3twt7fSthlAgAhgykBN9Tw4BiEmBiBcNqa33Lhl50IRR1oElUCqaNShhjpwADfPmx4J/s2048/01fb4f222ca35f9393348729521570f77a6a9b7aa7.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1893" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7JzyinZ-l4Y9w9mdGmnkzbd8YbHvDMCr6QFgC_X9lyz3d4GpR5WGSjyMma8Hc5ZUUO6dChexZxWtl53g1yJbplg9yvuTKI7nrloARZ3U78888j2XD2Iba3twt7fSthlAgAhgykBN9Tw4BiEmBiBcNqa33Lhl50IRR1oElUCqaNShhjpwADfPmx4J/s320/01fb4f222ca35f9393348729521570f77a6a9b7aa7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader! We had a great last week on Tales from the Field. This weekend was also a really nice one. On Saturday a group of friends gathered to share some friendship, conversation, and remember a dear friend that is no longer with us at one of my favorite places in Orlando, <a href="https://leeandricksoysterbar.com/home-page">Lee & Rick's Oyster Bar</a>. <br /><p></p><p>Lee & Rick's has been around since 1950 and it doesn't look like much has changed in that time. That's just the way I like it. My friends Juan, Dan Taylor (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/dbabulldog">@DBABulldog</a>), Brad Schacht (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/bradleyschacht">@BradleySchacht</a>), and myself had a great time.</p><p>That wasn't the only thing going on this past weekend as it was also Super Bowl day. That's sports ball for the non-sports followers. The one day of the year that even non-sports ball fans will at least watch the game to see some of the best commercials we will get all year. Not to mention the halftime show is always amazing. It did not disappoint! The game was incredible, two amazing teams playing their hearts out. Or as I would translate to my friend Buck Woody (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/buckwoodymsft">@BuckWoodyMSFT</a>), one sports ball team sports balled better than the other sports ball team. Which is fairly normal. </p><p>On to the show!</p><p><b><u>Tuesday 2-7-2023</u></b></p><p>On Tuesday we had iAsia Brown (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/techpicasso">@TechPicasso</a>) Producer at X-Box Game Studios Publishing on the show! Neeraj had won and was the host this week. Our topic was Diversity and Inclusion. iAsia is a brilliant, wonderful, amazing human being. She is a Veteran of the US Airforce & the Marine Corps. and we THANK her for her service! Our discussions were wide ranging, poignant, and incredibly valuable.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="317" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KzxT7b9v-Po" width="487" youtube-src-id="KzxT7b9v-Po"></iframe></div><p>I understand that this topic could be a trigger to many people because of current events. If that is the case please take the time to watch this show. When we make things better for everyone we open them up to have an amazing experience. Inclusivity opens new markets and individuals to capitalistic opportunities that they may not otherwise have access to.</p><p>If you feel I'm wrong, its not hard to find me and I am open to your feedback.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Wednesday 2-8-2023</u></b></p><p>On Wednesday we dropped our second February video for our MS Tech Bits! Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/nodestreamio">@nodestreamio</a>) and Andres Padilla (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@neeraj_jhaveri</a>) share with us the Tips & Tricks for Azure Data Lake Gen 1 to Gen 2 Migrations.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="318" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VMnuGR5P8UE" width="474" youtube-src-id="VMnuGR5P8UE"></iframe></div><br /><p>This topic is a big deal! Andres worked with the PG to develop the program and work with some of our largest customers in the world to migrate off of ADLS Gen 1 to ADLS Gen 2. He and Neeraj share their experience and many links that will help you through this journey. Speaking of which, if this is a situations where you find yourself or your company finds itself, then you should DEFINITELY be working with our team Azure FastTrack CXP. We are a complimentary Product Group in Azure Engineering that works directly with customers on their move or adoption to Azure. Here's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnrDI65pr-0&list=PLGhvA9jw5mvgEv0vNhCnDscdpdu_a3Yys&index=20">a link to a video on how you can engage with us!</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Thursday 2-9-2023</u></b></p><p>On Thursday we had our Community Round Table featuring incredible content from you the community.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="317" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/msASBr3YpKk" width="483" youtube-src-id="msASBr3YpKk"></iframe></div><p>I could write more about what we did on the show but I'd rather share all the amazing content that we covered in the order of appearance:</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://globaldiversitypractice.com/what-is-diversity-inclusion/ ">What is Diversity & Inclusion? - Global Diversity Practice </a>by Global Diversity Practice Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/gdptweets">@gdptweets</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/6821/microsofts-commitment-to-the-data-community/ ">Microsoft’s commitment to the data community</a> By Jeremy Kadlec Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/MSSQLTips"> @MSSQLTips </a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/the-elephant-in-the-room-how-to-write-pyspark-unit-tests-a5073acabc34">The elephant in the room: How to write PySpark Unit Tests </a>by Prashanth Xavier</p><p><br /></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.ryanjadams.com/2023/01/structured-streaming-in-synapse-spark/ ">Structured Streaming in Synapse Spark</a> by Ryan J Adams Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanjadams">@ryanjadams</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.wsj.com/video/series/joanna-stern-personal-technology/bing-with-ai-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-on-why-search-is-changed-forever/ ">Bing With AI: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Why Search Is Changed Forever </a>by Joanna Stern Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/JoannaStern">@JoannaStern</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/open-at-microsoft/resolving-azure-data-studios-identity-crises">Resolving Azure Data Studio's Identity Crises</a> by Frank Boucher & Erin Stellato Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/fboucheros ">@fboucheros </a><a href="https://twitter.com/erinstellato">@erinstellato</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/ai-show/combining-the-power-of-optimum-openvino-onnx-runtime-and-azure">Combining the power of Optimum, OpenVINO™, ONNX Runtime, and Azure</a> by The AI Show Live (Cassie Breviu, Akhila Vidiyala, Devang Aggarwal)</p><p><br /></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://houseofbrick.com/blog/sql-server-on-linux-install-the-basics/ ">SQL Server on Linux Install - The Basics</a> by Phil Ekins Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/SQLPhilUK">@SQLPhilUK</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/02/01/1150977600/black-history-month-2023-theme-3-things-to-know">Black History Month: Why we celebrate it in February : NPR</a> by Scott Neuman Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottNeumanNPR">@ScottNeumanNPR</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://posts.sqlbits.com/sessions-and-speakers-by-numbers-sqlbits-2023/">Sessions and Speakers by Numbers (SQLBits 2023!)</a> By Rob Sewell Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/sqldbawithbeard">@sqldbawithbeard </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/creating-azure-monitor-alerts-for-cosmos-and-other-databases/ba-p/3730798 ">Creating Azure Monitor alerts for Cosmos (and other databases) queries</a> by Andre Dewes </p><p><br /></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://ifexists.blog/sql-server-transactional-replication-on-docker-a-glimpse-into-the-future/">SQL Server Transactional Replication</a> by Gareth Newman </p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></p><p><br /></p><p>We hope you will all join us this week, on Tuesday we have a BIG guest. No spoilers on who won and will be the host, but the one and only Patrick LeBlanc (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/PatrickDBA">@PatrickDBA</a>) from Guy in a Cube on the program on Tuesday at 1 pm EST. </p><p>I've known Patrick for well over a decade at this point in my life. He's an incredibly man and I cannot wait for the conversation!</p><p>Don't forget we will have another MS Tech Bit this Wednesday and as always the Community Round table will be live on Thursday.</p><p>We hope to see you there. And as always Dear Reader, Thank you for stopping by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p><p><br /></p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-30989557585229868972023-02-06T12:46:00.002-05:002023-02-06T12:46:19.874-05:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 01-31-2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbkD0RZgX4JiGZQCLXqJllc6D4UrmZ6ChgclGbzQHvWHjfSvcWuf_B9zznArMVxZvXKUlyadWM_heGKE-LS55FUv1Ur4oWsOFJJlYgYTvbXX25uBH2col5yvy7Eu2pvgP9hBhSY4b69Gxir88OdHd1SBVwa0atkHUhzAg8DP_h_VHkU1FTMRhjTwm/s2049/01313e437034948b6e622b2a3666c301d0cd2ada31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbkD0RZgX4JiGZQCLXqJllc6D4UrmZ6ChgclGbzQHvWHjfSvcWuf_B9zznArMVxZvXKUlyadWM_heGKE-LS55FUv1Ur4oWsOFJJlYgYTvbXX25uBH2col5yvy7Eu2pvgP9hBhSY4b69Gxir88OdHd1SBVwa0atkHUhzAg8DP_h_VHkU1FTMRhjTwm/s320/01313e437034948b6e622b2a3666c301d0cd2ada31.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader! After a weekend with a lot of activities, it was a down week here at Casa Balls. Woke up and walked a lot. I'm still not back to running. A groin pull is not something I've had a lot of experience with, yet it entered my life in December and I cannot wait for it to leave.<p></p><p>I miss running, last year I ran 755.1 kilometers. Right now I can walk, as long as my pace is not too quick, and I can ride a bike. The key is really to get out in the morning, take in some sunshine, and get the blood flowing. <br /></p><p>If I can do that I find that helps put me in the proper headspace to be productive during the day. One of my favorite things as of late it take pictures.</p><p>In the morning I set out and take pictures as I walk around the neighborhood. Even when I did "run", it was actually interval running. The reason I note that is I tend to take pictures when I'm in the walking portion of my interval run. With the exception of my phone, I do not carry a camera on me. I still manage to get some really great pictures of the day. </p><p>So this weekend was a lot of walking, cooking, and hanging out. I hope you had a great weekend, and made it out to enjoy some time outside or inside amongst family and friend. On to the re-cap!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Tuesday 1-31-2023</u></b></p><p>On Tuesday we had Andrew Nathan (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewNathan05">@AndrewNathan05</a>) Principal Engineering Manager from the Azure FastTrack Core team was our special guest. We discussed the Zero Trust Security imitative by Microsoft that all customers should consider when building their architecture. We also discussed International Travel Tips ahead of <a href="https://sqlbits.com/">SQLBits</a>! SQLBits is the largest Microsoft focused Data Community conference in Europe. This year it is Hybrid which means Dear Reader, if you cannot make it in person you could still attend this fantastic conference.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="357" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6DfAsK0b2Vg" width="487" youtube-src-id="6DfAsK0b2Vg"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>We played our hosting show, I was the host this week! Want to know who won? Check out the video above to enjoy the show and find out!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Wednesday 2-1-2023</u></b></p><p>NEW THIS YEAR! We will be dropping weekly technical content every Wednesday, our MS Tech Bits. This week it was my turn to produce a video. I was working with a friend and they wanted to know how to troubleshoot deadlocks they were experiencing. The first step in that process is understanding what is a deadlock and how to find them when they occur. So I made this video How to Monitor Deadlocks in Azure SQL Managed Instance to help.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="322" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CzJeq9lYe78" width="486" youtube-src-id="CzJeq9lYe78"></iframe></div><br /><p>This is a fun little video where I walk you through the process. Also there is a bit of an easter egg in this vide. If the shirt I'm wearing on the video looks familiar that's because I wore this in <a href="https://www.sqlballs.com/2022/11/tales-from-field-weekly-wrap-up-for_14.html">another blog post</a>, and it means a lot to me.</p><p><b><u>Thursday 2-2-2023</u></b></p><p>On Thursday we had our Community Round Table. This is one of my favorite shows every week because we get to give a shout out to the great content producers in the community. People writing blogs, producing videos, or even GitHub repositories that help people get things done. It's just amazing.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="353" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KPiaUTXzNJ0" width="484" youtube-src-id="KPiaUTXzNJ0"></iframe></div><br /><p>Here's a list of the content featured on the Round Table in order of appearance:</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://clark.com/travel/international-travel-tips">International Travel Tips: 26 Things to Know Before Going Overseas</a> by Clark Howard Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/clarkhoward">@ClarkHoward</a></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h2spfOaDX0">Network, Develop & Share @ SQLBits 2023 | Data Exposed Exclusive </a> By Rie Irish & Simon Sabin Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Irishsql">@IrishSQL</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/simon_sabin">@simon_sabin </a>& <a href="https://twitter.com/sqlbits">@SQLBits</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.element61.be/en/resource/how-integrate-azure-databricks-azure-machine-learning-running-big-data-machine-learning">How to integrate Azure Databricks with Azure Machine Learning for running Big Data Machine Learning jobs?</a> by Pieter Sterkens</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-data-factory-blog/introducing-managed-airflow-in-azure-data-factory/ba-p/3730151">Introducing 'Managed AirFlow' in Azure Data Factory </a> by Avishek Narain Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/narainabishek">@narainabishek</a></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.tripsavvy.com/international-trip-preparation-tips-54499">12 Tips to Prepare for an International Trip</a> by Benét J. Wilson Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/benetwilson">@benetwilson</a></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://sqlespresso.com/2023/02/01/tempdb-performance-improvements-in-sql-server-2022-are-dramatic/">Tempdb Performance Improvements in SQL Server 2022 are Dramatic </a>by Monica Rathbun Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/SQLEspresso">@SQLEspresso</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/unleashing-the-power-of-ai-with-azure-openai-a-simple-guide-to/ba-p/3725706">Unleashing the power of AI with Azure OpenAI: A simple guide to get started. </a> by Meer Alam Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/alamMeer">@alamMeer</a></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.cathrinewilhelmsen.net/series/beginners-guide-azure-data-factory/">Beginner's Guide to Azure Data Factory</a> by Catherine Wilhelmsen Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/cathrinew">@cathrinew</a></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/international-travel-during-covid19.html">International Travel to and from the United States </a> | CDC by The CDC Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/CDCgov">@CDCgov</a></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayV1r2vFYnI ">Ready to be a Kusto Detective with Azure Data Explorer? </a>By Patrick Leblanc & Guy In A Cube Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/patrickdba">@PatrickDBA </a>& <a href="https://twitter.com/guyinacube">@GuyInACube</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-machine-learning-blog/mlflow-2-0-and-azure-machine-learning/ba-p/3707848">MLflow 2.0 and Azure Machine Learning </a>by Facundo Santiago Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/santiagofacundo">@santiagofacundo</a></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.jamesserra.com/archive/2023/01/when-to-have-multiple-data-lakes/">When to have Multiple Data Lakes </a> by James Serra Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesserra">@jamesserra</a></p><div><br /></div><p><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></p><p>And now we draw the blog to a close. We have a great line up this week! Make sure to tune in Tuesday at 1 pm EST for a very special guest. Wednesday we have our second MS Tech Bit coming up with my co-hosts Andres Padilla and Neeraj Jhaveri covering Tips and Tricks for Migrating Azure Data Lake Gen 1 to Gen 2.</p><p>On Thursday we will wrap up our week with our Community Round Table also at 1 pm EST. I hope you all have a wonderful week, and as always Dear Reader. Thank you for stopping by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-34379397622025676822023-01-31T07:59:00.004-05:002023-02-06T13:32:24.914-05:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 01-23-2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRCajIYDVT9iaRX_xwwaiugBi7DdJTucVTeeX-RkJ8FKNMOc2p3Ncms9jPGoQjG1BuBfFKfY57N_E90iFKiamcaJPU8VKuyg5RZflF7-wnUX1mXohdjCp_-4w_w-_e6mYTwEPoKn5aKDNAlTZLlbwfuMr_ma7B8Ey7nW05LmJ61Sf0uL5HiD6EqZw/s2049/013ef6702d344b557b3dacdd88c021e1b44816f13d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRCajIYDVT9iaRX_xwwaiugBi7DdJTucVTeeX-RkJ8FKNMOc2p3Ncms9jPGoQjG1BuBfFKfY57N_E90iFKiamcaJPU8VKuyg5RZflF7-wnUX1mXohdjCp_-4w_w-_e6mYTwEPoKn5aKDNAlTZLlbwfuMr_ma7B8Ey7nW05LmJ61Sf0uL5HiD6EqZw/s320/013ef6702d344b557b3dacdd88c021e1b44816f13d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader! It's been a while since I had time to sit down and write out a Monday re-cap<p></p><p>This past week was my birthday week. With all the stress of the current modern world it was really nice to have some dedicated family time. </p><p>The fun started on my actual birthday, my wife gave me an amazing birthday present for me and my oldest son to go to the <a href="https://fanexpohq.com/megaconorlando/">Mega-Con</a> comic book convention this year!</p><p>My parents drove over and took me plus my youngest son to lunch at <a href="https://yellowdogeats.com/">Yellow Dog Eats</a>, an AMAZING BBQ joint nearby. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCq2oq55K_GGsapFA_YdKauAAH-6gSuhjAd6SY5reNM7yo51MiA_Z7RoKVirCeR7PU1jYFSW4ITJVt7LN6BmHo9NxReZpb1tlgwN4iAGZNMkavCTztClkfb-p1TZMb4TLPKt7Nm0R3z6AqWRdAjjJJr1h6Km6TWrH-xpbVraGv-Bmf44uRC5FfJUOa/s2049/017d37f41fdfd11723a6f3b6fa76a3174819048023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCq2oq55K_GGsapFA_YdKauAAH-6gSuhjAd6SY5reNM7yo51MiA_Z7RoKVirCeR7PU1jYFSW4ITJVt7LN6BmHo9NxReZpb1tlgwN4iAGZNMkavCTztClkfb-p1TZMb4TLPKt7Nm0R3z6AqWRdAjjJJr1h6Km6TWrH-xpbVraGv-Bmf44uRC5FfJUOa/s320/017d37f41fdfd11723a6f3b6fa76a3174819048023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>That evening the family went out to eat, we played games, checkers, and topped it off at home with a Double Fudge Coca-Cola cake. Not on the list of approved items for diabetics, but the goal is to have a little fun. This was genuinely one of my best birthday.<p></p><p>This weekend we went to Disney Springs with a group of 10 friends. We headed over to Splitsville Lanes and to go bowling.</p><p>The music was surprisingly good, food was solid, and the drinks were flowing. Which is good, because none of us will becoming professional bowlers anytime soon.</p><p>We walked around, enjoyed some live music, and because it was Disney, the shopping. Enough about that, let's move on to the recap!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Tuesday 1-24-2023</u></b></p><p>We Had Paloma Garcia (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/palomagarcia40">@PalomaGarcia40</a>) Sr. Support Engineer from the Azure SQL PaaS Solutions team on the show! The theme of the show was IT Troubleshooting Skills!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="338" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gQRxL-tMcUM" width="467" youtube-src-id="gQRxL-tMcUM"></iframe></div><p><br /></p><p>We had a lot of fun, some insightful, and some surprising conversations. In a very lucky turn of events, I won the hosting duties and will be the host for the Tuesday show on 1/31/2023!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Thursday 1-27-2023</u></b></p><p><br />On Thursday we had the Community Round Table! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="332" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/k8VuL6lLVpE" width="482" youtube-src-id="k8VuL6lLVpE"></iframe></div><br /><p>Our good friend Dan Taylor joined the show in place of Josh Luedeman who was out for the day. The guys surprised me by singing "Happy Birthday", very sweet of them to do so, and we covered amazing community content!</p><p>Here's a list of all the content covered in order of appearence:</p><p>Brad </p><p><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/290693#profile">All of Paloma Garcia’s Blogs </a>- (dropdown and select written by) by Paloma Garcia </p><p><br /></p><p>Neeraj</p><p> <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2017/12/13/6-best-practices-for-effective-it-troubleshooting">6 Best Practices for Effective IT Troubleshooting</a> by Robert Reselman (Twitter |<a href="https://twitter.com/rapid7">@Rapid7</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Bradley</p><p><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.serverlesssql.com/azure-analysis-services-migration-to-power-bi-premium/ ">Azure Analysis Services Migration to Power BI Premium </a>By Andy Cutler (Twitter |<a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyCutler"> @MrAndyCutler</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Andres</p><p> <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/application-insights-telemetry-in-azure-functions/ba-p/3280138">Application Insights telemetry in Azure Functions</a> by Orestis Meikopoulous (Twitter|<a href="https://twitter.com/ormikopo">@ormikopo</a>)</p><p>Dan</p><p><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://nolongerset.com/troubleshooting-sql-server-connections/ ">Troubleshooting SQL Server Connection Errors </a> by Mike Wolfe (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/nolongerset">@NoLongerSet</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Neeraj</p><p><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.intercom.com/blog/defining-customer-support/">Defining Customer Support in 2023: 7 Keys of Modern Support </a> by Declan Ivory (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/Intercom">@Intercom</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Bradley</p><p><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-synapse-analytics-blog/azure-synapse-analyzer-report-to-monitor-and-improve-azure/ba-p/3276960 ">Azure Synapse Analyzer Report to monitor and improve Azure Synapse SQL Dedicated Pool performance</a> by Sanjay Raut</p><p><br /></p><p>Andres</p><p> <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://option40.com/blog/ingesting-time-series-data">Ingesting Time Series Data </a> by Luis Delgado</p><p><br /></p><p>Dan</p><p> <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sql-server-support-blog/tsql-scripts-for-troubleshooting-common-issues-with-sql-server/ba-p/3258618">TSQL Scripts for Troubleshooting Common Issues with SQL Server</a> by Esther Xin</p><p><br /></p><p>Neeraj</p><p> <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/6-ways-to-enhance-your-problem-solving-skills.html">6 Ways to Enhance Your Problem Solving Skills Effectively </a> by Zoe B (Twitter|<a href="https://twitter.com/Slifestrategies">@Slifestrategies</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Bradley</p><p> <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpwtCSMd1Cw&list=PLxBs5BRl3r3Pn765kOEAlGYfdINBm1l-z&index=5">SQL Managed Instance: Transactional Replication</a> By Sasa Popovic (Twitter |<a href="https://twitter.com/SasaPopovicMSFT">@SasaPopovicMSFT</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Andres</p><p> <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-customer-engineering-team/ml-inference-on-edge-devices-with-onnx-runtime-using-azure/ba-p/1737331">ML Inference on Edge devices with ONNX Runtime using Azure DevOps+MLOps</a> by Wolfgang Pauli (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neurobabel">@neurobabel</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Dan</p><p> <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.helpscout.com/helpu/art-of-troubleshooting-support/">The Art of Troubleshooting for Customer Support Professionals </a> by Sarah Chambers (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahleeyoga">@sarahleeyoga</a>)</p><div><br /></div><div><p><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></p><p>Quick Programing Note: We have to move the Elfster show. Coordinating schedules with so many wonderful people can be tricky. But everyone who is on our list is exceedingly important to one another and we have to make sure everyone is there! So we are moving the Elfster show to Tuesday February 21st. So a little Christmas in February! </p><p><br /></p><p>Alright Dear Reader, I'm heading out for some quick morning exercise before the day begins in earnest. We appreciate you and hope you have a wonderful day!</p><p>As always, Thank You for stopping by!</p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p></div>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-53808669523145778112022-11-21T16:38:00.001-05:002022-11-21T16:38:07.768-05:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 11-14-2022 Live! 360<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj70nw3UuApyZzFC911qxx8qGH3OvLZ-QgGIRRuOeYmeZia53_n83c2u2GIVlMz5Yt14MC6VVAB3QBmwON4FwVYqj38Or_hprbGFhQnbJ7LUM9FPRv8SqUOk1RbknPkZdzsaS44PsB8PGYkqQHrmixyUwPQ00qWwf6xuv24mm9e6zGHbgZbsUw_HiZ/s4032/20221113_115014103_iOS.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj70nw3UuApyZzFC911qxx8qGH3OvLZ-QgGIRRuOeYmeZia53_n83c2u2GIVlMz5Yt14MC6VVAB3QBmwON4FwVYqj38Or_hprbGFhQnbJ7LUM9FPRv8SqUOk1RbknPkZdzsaS44PsB8PGYkqQHrmixyUwPQ00qWwf6xuv24mm9e6zGHbgZbsUw_HiZ/s320/20221113_115014103_iOS.heic" width="320" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader! Last week was a week we have been building towards since the launch of Tales from the Field. My favorite conference every single year, Live! 360. Live! 360 is 5 conferences in one. TechMentor, Visual Studio Live, Artificial Intelligence Live, Cloud & Containers Live, & SQL Server Live. <p></p><p>Much like the SQL community became the <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/community?activetab=pivot_1%3aprimaryr3">Microsoft Azure Data Community</a> SQL Server Live is largely about the Data Community as a whole with sessions on Synapse, COSMOS, Azure Arc Data Services, SQL Server 2022, Power BI, and many other topics. </p><p>My favorite part about this conference is the organizers and the people who attend. Of course, a big bonus is I get to see friends of my and other Microsoft colleagues, and that is always incredible. But these organizers are something else. Everyone I get to come here immediately understands how great they are to work with, what an amazing job they do taking care of the attendees, the speakers, & the staff involved. I've been presenting at Live! 360 since 2012 at the first SQL Live event. The organizers have been the same this whole time. They are great people, that you just love to work with.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfxa0rwUJqZP9cGaoMNnboQ6s-_d3Ix4Bd8BLlAAh0QBuA4iB5rZAqQT0e0LSBCfqp2FAlSXuAUfi2PvSaN4L7lej31v4syBOxLf_okao20uuwmd82WGXNxnZ0PDxSTMfsjfUc0r24LwNcAzowEXO2odOtc1fjliF2DuBjgB5DhDLVO32asUjFgWc/s4032/20221113_135741117_iOS.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfxa0rwUJqZP9cGaoMNnboQ6s-_d3Ix4Bd8BLlAAh0QBuA4iB5rZAqQT0e0LSBCfqp2FAlSXuAUfi2PvSaN4L7lej31v4syBOxLf_okao20uuwmd82WGXNxnZ0PDxSTMfsjfUc0r24LwNcAzowEXO2odOtc1fjliF2DuBjgB5DhDLVO32asUjFgWc/s320/20221113_135741117_iOS.heic" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The audience at Live! 360 is also different than what I find at most community events. This is a much more developer & enterprise customer centric conference, and it forces you to look outside of the traditional DBA events. I started my technical life as a developer, and it is a chance to stretch my old technical skills.</p><p>This year I had some fun and created several videos where I was walking up each day. I will post those soon, and we have a big surprise for you this week when we will drop a whole lot of Live! 360 content on Thanksgiving Day!</p><p><i>"So Balls"</i>, you say, <i>"When do we get to the wrap up?"</i></p><p>I hear you Dear Reader. Away we go!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>SUNDAY 11-13-2022</u></b></p><p>This was a great event. My colleagues Josh Luedeman (<a href="https://twitter.com/joshluedeman">@JoshLuedema</a>n | Twitter), Buck Woody (<a href="https://twitter.com/buckwoodymsft">@BuckWoodyMSFT</a> | Twitter), & myself started the week by delivering our Hands on SQL Server Ground to Cloud workshop on Sunday! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="314" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yMG24RIuNEQ" width="480" youtube-src-id="yMG24RIuNEQ"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>If you didn't make it and would like to take the course, I have good news for you. The whole SQL Server Ground to Cloud course is posted on <a href="https://github.com/sqlballs/mSQLg2c/">GitHub and you can access it here</a>!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>TUESDAY 11-15-2022</u></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggs4nETZasn-390cIjTtS7p_pC9DsEPBsItd0PhC7xhh9uazzyU_PduzN8GK7Ju60ESASrh_WVDgWZC6jeRfapupny1VQAyy8iyugzXyD_7o8mzQOu5ShAhPJgAN-pzK2-zUgHkUwmEeMPcolcpUkw4opC9c4YG2MC6oCWwjDQWyytRG32Ks6KnUkq/s4032/20221115_130305341_iOS.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggs4nETZasn-390cIjTtS7p_pC9DsEPBsItd0PhC7xhh9uazzyU_PduzN8GK7Ju60ESASrh_WVDgWZC6jeRfapupny1VQAyy8iyugzXyD_7o8mzQOu5ShAhPJgAN-pzK2-zUgHkUwmEeMPcolcpUkw4opC9c4YG2MC6oCWwjDQWyytRG32Ks6KnUkq/s320/20221115_130305341_iOS.heic" width="320" /></a></div>"<i>WHOA, WHOA, WHOA BALLS!</i>", you say. "<i>What happened to Monday?</i>". <p></p><p>I was busy working with customers and setting up the Microsoft Booth for the conference on Monday Dear Reader. There were great pre-con's underway by Davide Mauri (<a href="https://twitter.com/mauridb">@mauridb</a> | Twitter), Thomas LaRock (<a href="https://twitter.com/sqlrockstar">@SQLRockstar</a> | Twitter), Karen Lopez (<a href="https://twitter.com/datachick">@DataChick</a> | Twitter), and many more. We had a meet and great with speakers and attendees, dinner, then bed, because we had to be up early for the keynote!<br /></p><p>Tuesday kicked off with a Keynote by Henk Boelman (<a href="https://twitter.com/hboelman">@hboelman</a>| Twitter) and Buck Woody <i><b>AI for Good - Using the Intelligent Data Platform to Create Assistive AI.</b></i></p><p>During the keynote Buck started off by showing how he assisted the owner of a grocery store with the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform. We used<a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/synapse-link/connect-synapse-link-sql-database"> Azure Synapse Link for Azure SQL Database </a>to create a seamless workflow migrating OLTP data to our data warehouse. Buck then used Power BI in an Azure Synapse Analytics Workspace to generate reports going against the real time data.</p><p>That's great Henk replied. Buck helped the seller. Henk wanted to empower the shopper. He gave an example of someone with sight impairment. He show how to train a voice assistant, which was amazing and a little scary. He could then use that voice assistant, using his voice, to say anything he typed.</p><p>He then DELETED HIS DEMO TO SHOW US HOW TO REBUILD IT!!<span> Talk about high stakes. I don't think Buck will complain about me typing in a demo again..... actually he will. He has. He has complained about me typing in a demo. </span></p><p>Henk then used ML Flow to train a synaptic model that could verify and describe items using a camera. He then created a work flow using both models so he could scan an item and use his voice assistant to read the contents. In this case a can of Sprite. It not only read the can, it read out the calories and ingredients!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="364" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OWSEh1qDHIM" width="480" youtube-src-id="OWSEh1qDHIM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></blockquote>But that's not all. Tuesday also had our LIVE SHOW! Yes, we were live from Live! 360 with special guest's Thomas Larock & Buck Woody!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="316" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ctqd9mvFFbA" width="469" youtube-src-id="ctqd9mvFFbA"></iframe></div><br /><div>I Hosted!!! Want to see who won? ....watch the video!</div><div><p><b><u>WEDNESDAY 11-16-2022</u></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTFzt_Df-Y-kh3noB7gSJUY87kh_1ht6mMh3DROlU4Q2k3Zqvk_8ev55peoHqqJu3dYsZkTk4fNwx6Z9dROoRCGp_Hp9LEzXXnP4b3tmtHWMgF0jXHrlk7g3IMvUJBb9xss2_KDkRd6FegF8GyWsNXfeJ3QPMMbxWu3H4jc84JN96nW_VM4F2lksS/s2380/20221116_152226387_iOS.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2380" data-original-width="1894" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTFzt_Df-Y-kh3noB7gSJUY87kh_1ht6mMh3DROlU4Q2k3Zqvk_8ev55peoHqqJu3dYsZkTk4fNwx6Z9dROoRCGp_Hp9LEzXXnP4b3tmtHWMgF0jXHrlk7g3IMvUJBb9xss2_KDkRd6FegF8GyWsNXfeJ3QPMMbxWu3H4jc84JN96nW_VM4F2lksS/s320/20221116_152226387_iOS.heic" width="255" /></a></div>Wednesday started off with in a really nice way. There's this really great guy on the other side of the Pond named Hugo Kornelis (<a href="https://twitter.com/Hugo_Kornelis">@Hugo_Kornelis</a>| Twitter). Hugo is battling a really tough disease. He has<a href="https://sqlserverfast.com/"> blogged about it prolifically</a>. He's a good man. He's a good friend. We all want him to get better. Some months ago another of his very good friends reached out to many of us, and we all spread the word behind the scenes and we all got t-shirts that said #TeamHugo. At our conference and the PASS Summit out in Seattle, many people wore a shirt and took pictures sending our love to Hugo on Wednesday.<br /><p></p><p>My friend Ginger Grant (<a href="https://twitter.com/desertislesql">@DestertIsleSQL</a> | Twitter) and I had our picture taken by Buck supporting our friend. Like I said really nice way to start off the day.</p><p>The majority of Wednesday was spent working in the Microsoft Booth and interviewing some people for this Thursday's show! Davide, Karen, and Alan Hirt (<a href="https://twitter.com/sqlha">@SQLHA</a> | Twitter) all amazing people in the own right, sat down with me for interviews. Lunch was the Bird's of a Feather luncheon where we sit with attendees and talk about anything they want to discuss. I had a full table and we had a lot of great discussions. Some performance tuning, some Azure related, some analytics, some Azure Security and Azure Policy based questions.</p><p>At the end of the day we had a quick dinner out, before heading back to the dessert luau.</p><p>At this luau Tom had insisted one of his co-workers go up and participate in the show. She repaid him by ensuring he would have to go up later. When his name was called, I could see him shrinking away. He clearly wanted to pull his hat down, and step further in the shadows so he would not have to go on stage. It was apparent. He really wanted this to pass over.</p><p>So I did what any good.... no scratch that, any truly great friend would do.</p><p>I held my hand up high and yelled at the top of my lungs, "HE'S RIGHT HERE! THOMAS LAROCK IS RIGHT HERE! IT'S OK I FOUND HIM."</p><p>Naturally, when he took the stage the next name called could not be found. The man on stage said he needed someone. Thomas leaned over and gave him a name. "BRADLEY BALL", the man bellowed.</p><p>I looked at Josh shrugged and said, "Yep. Seems fair.", and walked up to the stage. After that it was time to head back to the hotel room because I had to present at 8 am. Oh, if you want to see what happened, watch the video. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="348" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_qW3BfKPLDw" width="452" youtube-src-id="_qW3BfKPLDw"></iframe></div><br /><p><b><u>THURSDAY 11-17-2022</u></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48BON1Wq9hquFW_x1-dKQE98LREmj5up_FMhyyHf7ktOfx72Q9tpWQymdrxAxX1F8sB3axPvVUFf_s7C8ya2pPGP1xwNchnLKqR7qUBB-gySbGGg3SPhgxLOgEKli44PjhZJvtd9JIi6sp1txnZcmuDyzOO-xIg0Vcd5NFdHHHRzYAra38j09zDr5/s4032/20221117_132132096_iOS.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48BON1Wq9hquFW_x1-dKQE98LREmj5up_FMhyyHf7ktOfx72Q9tpWQymdrxAxX1F8sB3axPvVUFf_s7C8ya2pPGP1xwNchnLKqR7qUBB-gySbGGg3SPhgxLOgEKli44PjhZJvtd9JIi6sp1txnZcmuDyzOO-xIg0Vcd5NFdHHHRzYAra38j09zDr5/s320/20221117_132132096_iOS.heic" width="320" /></a></div>First session of the day was me presenting <b><i>Indexing Internals for Developers & DBA's</i></b>. The audience was amazing. We had almost 100 people in the room. Great crowd, great feedback, really wonderful follow up questions and conversations with attendees. My thanks to them, without attendees showing up in the room speakers cannot do what we do. Over half of my audience was developers, and I love it when we discuss concepts.<br /><p></p><p>SQL Server is an application. It is written by developers. It is used by DBA's. We live it we breath it, but we should never forget it is an application. Developers & DBA's must work hand in hand to exchange knowledge in order to be successful in any enterprise. The best places I've ever worked have great interpersonal relationships that span IT teams. They have to. We all depend on one another. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Eo2Z3kt1xA5LH7rszFd9XZPDX8Zt1xatD1Vc-JtD0t-kvLQEhidXhsY_EYu_IP4xUvAgKTDJoAVfTJEF6PbTVNTlO9pUiyTKmOu7h69W3_H_mevaVdQ2QQx5y8fqeUyh3sWGRqr8srk9zYBxFQwtmwH5B_iQ5xyLQK0uaXt6aHima5Yv1LObPe44/s4032/20221117_160225957_iOS.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Eo2Z3kt1xA5LH7rszFd9XZPDX8Zt1xatD1Vc-JtD0t-kvLQEhidXhsY_EYu_IP4xUvAgKTDJoAVfTJEF6PbTVNTlO9pUiyTKmOu7h69W3_H_mevaVdQ2QQx5y8fqeUyh3sWGRqr8srk9zYBxFQwtmwH5B_iQ5xyLQK0uaXt6aHima5Yv1LObPe44/s320/20221117_160225957_iOS.heic" width="320" /></a></div>Next up was the <i><b>SQL Server Live! Panel Discussion: Azure Cloud Migration Discussion</b></i>. Buck, Karen, Alan (filling in for Ginger), and myself were on the panel and Thomas was our host. This was a great Q & A with the audience were they asked us questions and we gave them answers. There were lot's <br />of great questions from "how do I convince my boss to move to Azure", "does the fact that we are using M365 help us in a migration", to "what are the gotcha's", "what mistakes have you seen made", "what are the best strategies" were asked. Two people working for Microsoft PG's and two Microsoft Data Platform MVP's with over 25 years of being MVP's did our best to give out the answers.<p></p><p>Once again, amazing attendees!</p><p>Next up I presented <b><i>Azure Synapse Serverless Pools: POLARIS DEEP DIVE</i></b>. I love this session. This is a fun one where we discuss the architectural differences between Dedicated Pools and Serverless Pools. I show a bunch of demos, the last is a customized SQL Stress test against two external tables hitting the same object to show the concurrency scale of the Polaris engine on Serverless Pools. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhec0aRbY0Oii-3sLQAA3cm1hODedOyZdDW5Gu_jA1P1BJ1BNTYjOopAF8T_st_EJHWSRTKwFYPwVw2xGuZKJBHZ-u909xkPFKZdVXqDu4ifkJ0EsnSMdKa3wSP6EouojW216ii83aOFAcZn0tULyazQiqhnrU0JVloPVWaGmY1J0SRNH_t24H8EUcT/s4032/20221117_215645834_iOS.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhec0aRbY0Oii-3sLQAA3cm1hODedOyZdDW5Gu_jA1P1BJ1BNTYjOopAF8T_st_EJHWSRTKwFYPwVw2xGuZKJBHZ-u909xkPFKZdVXqDu4ifkJ0EsnSMdKa3wSP6EouojW216ii83aOFAcZn0tULyazQiqhnrU0JVloPVWaGmY1J0SRNH_t24H8EUcT/s320/20221117_215645834_iOS.heic" width="320" /></a></div>Then we talk about some architecture patterns. I love giving this talk to user groups or conferences. Serverless Pools are one of my favorite new products to use in Azure Synapse. I wish I got a picture of the room and the great audience. Alas I did not, I was busy talking, answering questions, and having a<br /> good time with the crowd and I forgot to take a picture.<p></p><p>The final session of the day was the <b><i>NEXT? LIVE! 360 Networking Event</i></b>. Another event were we the speakers were 1:1 with the audience. Any attendee who wanted to come and ask us questions could. Questions we received! We had questions on data modeling, secure data centers, replication, SQL Server 2022 and why we should upgrade from SQL 2019, tips on migrating from SQL 2012 to 2022 including a discussion on how to use the Query Data Store, and more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a quick video summarizing the day!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="331" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NakZqBfp9sQ" width="451" youtube-src-id="NakZqBfp9sQ"></iframe></div><br /><p>All of that and we also had the Tales from the Field Community Round Table!! We recorded this last week because Josh and I were both delivering sessions during our normal broadcast time. Great discussion up front about Thanksgiving & Time travel.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="331" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PrG_lauCcx0" width="469" youtube-src-id="PrG_lauCcx0"></iframe></div><br /><p>Of course, OUTSTANDING content provided to the community from:</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://ultimatecourses.com/blog/so-you-want-to-talk-at-conferences">So you want to talk at conferences? This is what its like</a>. by Todd Motto Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/toddmotto">@toddmotto</a></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://thomaslarock.com/2022/10/pro-sql-server-2022-wait-statistics-book/">Pro SQL Server 2022 Wait Statistics Book</a> by Thomas LaRock Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/sqlrockstar">@SQLRockstar</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://github.com/zeinab-mk/Purview-Deployment-Checklist">Azure Purview Deployment Checklist</a> by Zeinab Mokhtarian </p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://thomas-leblanc.com/2022/01/27/power-bi-row-level-security/">PowerBI Row Level Security</a> by Thomas LeBlanc Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/TheSmilingDBA">@TheSmilingDBA</a></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2022/06/30/introducing-the-sql-server-2022-blog-series/ ">Introducing the SQL Server 2022 blog series - Microsoft SQL Server Blog</a> by Bob Ward Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/bobwardms">@bobwardms</a></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href=" https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-synapse-analytics-blog/synapse-spark-delta-time-travel/ba-p/3646789">Synapse Spark Delta Time Travel</a> by Liliam Leme Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/LemeLiliam">@LemeLiliam</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/analytics-on-azure-blog/azure-stream-analytics-releases-slew-of-improvements-at-ignite/ba-p/3651567">Azure Stream Analytics releases slew of improvements at Ignite 2022: Output to Delta Lake and more!</a> by Ajeta Singhal Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ajeta_singhal">@ajeta_singhal</a></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.desertislesql.com/wordpress1/?p=2240">Four Different ways to Incorporate Azure Synapse and PowerBI</a> by Ginger Grant Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/DesertIsleSQL">@DesertIsleSQL</a></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.theblackfriday.com/thanksgiving">Best Thanksgiving Deals</a> by TheBlackFriday.com Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/theblackfriday">@theblackfriday</a></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2022/11/10/performance-tuning-table-visuals-with-filters-applied-in-power-bi/ ">Performance Tuning Table Visuals With Filters Applied In Power BI</a> by Chris Webb Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/cwebb_bi">@cwebb_bi</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/analytics-on-azure-blog/optimize-your-stream-analytics-job-s-performance-using-job/ba-p/3652303">Optimize your Stream Analytics job’s performance using Job Diagram Simulator</a> by Alex Lin</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://ilovepowerbi.tips/2019/10/27/dax-date-calculations-cheat-sheet/">DAX Date Calculations Cheat Sheet</a> by Arthur Graus Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ArthurGraus">@ArthurGraus</a></p><div><br /></div><p><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></p><p>This was an amazing week. A busy week. A week to see old friends, make new ones, and help people learn. </p><p>Remember this week there are no Live Tales from the Field shows, HOWEVER we WILL DROP NEW CONTENT on Tuesday & Thursday just for you!</p><p>As always Dear Reader, I hope you have a happy holiday weekend if you celebrate, as always Thank You for stopping by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /></p></div>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-63561644471022981022022-11-14T16:03:00.000-05:002022-11-14T16:03:04.123-05:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 11-07-2022 Run Disney, Gareth, & Veteran's Day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMt6CDfi6kKmHjzLhbcuczaqHRkNuCnm8FP2zYcwTO5ifbJ5JWpnCifooiEhjKE5s8vI6nGnqfYK6TJXGHf8cYI4qsInr9LCbcgDpg-IHaGs_wo0o0aQdwTatz7bu50BzcXrn6cIVyggkoNnFMWdPLaWebobxAwhNmfGWji3ReIy3NZcYN9x2k_W77/s4032/disney%20race%202018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMt6CDfi6kKmHjzLhbcuczaqHRkNuCnm8FP2zYcwTO5ifbJ5JWpnCifooiEhjKE5s8vI6nGnqfYK6TJXGHf8cYI4qsInr9LCbcgDpg-IHaGs_wo0o0aQdwTatz7bu50BzcXrn6cIVyggkoNnFMWdPLaWebobxAwhNmfGWji3ReIy3NZcYN9x2k_W77/s320/disney%20race%202018.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader! Last week I was fresh off of finishing the Run Dinsey 5K, 10K, & Food and Wine Half Marathon. My good friend Josh Luedeman (<a href="https://twitter.com/joshluedeman">@JoshLuedeman |</a> Twitter), his wife Lisa, and my wife Sue all did the 5K together.<p></p><p>The 5K was particularly meaningful to me. </p><p>My dear friend Gareth Swanepoel and I once did the Princess 5K together. Gareth was famously known throughout the Microsoft Data Community. </p><p>If you knew him, you have only to close your eyes to see his beaming smile and hear his booming laughter. Gareth was the one who got me to start running in the first place. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7IPVonxuj2mAHuSTFgk_G7P7R3H3d-oY301Uhz5SrfwIDByf91Z3ofSZB42ARQC77ALFau81DYsPFB-3wJeTWw_uEz2emkcNFEAjW63JSfPB7IglWGjrKkIlkzN7wk9cszYrQGcLKLh5WcS3pdriajdM18m4k9iEjcyrMfWPUZB9jZ-Wzh-FjMXc/s4032/Josh%20&%20I%20Disney%20Race.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7IPVonxuj2mAHuSTFgk_G7P7R3H3d-oY301Uhz5SrfwIDByf91Z3ofSZB42ARQC77ALFau81DYsPFB-3wJeTWw_uEz2emkcNFEAjW63JSfPB7IglWGjrKkIlkzN7wk9cszYrQGcLKLh5WcS3pdriajdM18m4k9iEjcyrMfWPUZB9jZ-Wzh-FjMXc/s320/Josh%20&%20I%20Disney%20Race.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>Gareth didn't do anything half way. So when we were set to run the race he insisted we dress up for the occasion! He dressed as Donald Duck, with a tutu that had lights interlaced inside of it. To match him, I dressed as Mickey Mouse complete with black tutu that had lights as well.</p><p>We were supposed to walk, but the excitement got to me. I had trained for this and was not yet running longer races and I ran off. I then ran back, in the end I completed a 7K instead of the mere 5K we had signed up for. I was worried I had upset him by running off, instead we laughed and he loved the progress I had made. In the end we finished how we started. Together.</p><p>Josh & I had signed up, and as we walked the expo floor I saw tutu's and better yet! Sparkly headbands! I bellowed out, "OH WE ARE DOING THIS"!</p><p>Josh, to his credit, was a fantastic sport. While these tutu's did not light up, we found tutu's that matched our jerseys. To make it even more special Gareth's sister Tessa had given me two of Gareth's shirts. A rugby jersey that bore his name and his favoirte Rugby team, which I wore. Another was his Captain America Sharks jersey which was given to Josh and he wore. Both of those shirts have special significance outside of just them belonging to Gareth. Gareth wore these multiple times around us and for special occasions. </p><p>So we two friends started out the weekend, in tribute to our dear friend and we finished the way we started. Together. </p><p>"<i>So Balls</i>", you say, "<i>I miss him too."</i></p><p>Well said Dear Reader. Well said. </p><p>On to the show. </p><p><b><u>TUESDAY 11-8-2022</u></b></p><p>On the Tuesday show we had Andrew Nathan (<a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewNathan05">@AndrewNathan05 </a>| Twitter) Principal Engineering Manager from the Azure FastTrack Infrastructure team. Andrew is also a Veteran, and he is very active in Veteran's organizations within Microsoft. Andrew shared with us his experience transitioning from the Military to Microsoft. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WgsfQmnFZv8" width="487" youtube-src-id="WgsfQmnFZv8"></iframe></div><br /><p>His perspective is one that we have encountered many times with former and current Military members. Operational excelence is the standard operating procedures. Many veterans do not realize that the skill set they have translates to a career in technology and in IT Security. It was a fantastic conversation, and it will lead to many more conversations we have with Andrew in the future.</p><p>Neeraj was the host this week, I WASN'T DISQUALIFIED!!! I won! So I am the host this week at Live 360!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>THURSDAY 11-10-2022</u></b></p><p>Thursday is Community Round Table day! We had a call for content this week and recieved some great submissions. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vsyf4hGWCo0" width="480" youtube-src-id="Vsyf4hGWCo0"></iframe></div><br /><p>Here are the links that we covered:</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://blog.netwrix.com/2021/07/26/data-security/">Data Security Explained: Challenges and Solutions</a> By Mike Tierney Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Netwrix">@Netwrix</a></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://pawarbi.github.io/blog/powerbi/machinelearning/datascience/2022/11/09/powershell-download-powerbi-report-copy.html">Data Science For Power BI Developers </a> By Sandeep Pawar Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/PawarBI">@PawarBI</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/internet-of-things-show/zero-trust-security-for-iot">Zero Trust Security for IoT </a> by Arjmand Samuel Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/arjmandsamuel">@arjmandsamuel</a></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://www.willvelida.com/posts/configuring-bicep-code-scanning-github/">Configure Bicep code scanning in GitHub with Microsoft Defender for DevOps </a> By Will Velida Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Willvelida">@Willvelida</a></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://blog.qwasar.io/blog/veterans-returning-to-the-workforce">Veterans in Tech: Transitioning From Service into the Tech Industry</a> By Kristen Capuzzo Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/KCapuzzo">@KCapuzzo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/QwasarSV">@QwasarSV</a></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://www.serverlesssql.com/certification/dp-500-reading-nested-data-types-in-serverless-sql-pools/">Mastering DP-500 Exam: Querying JSON Data in Serverless SQL Pools </a> By Andy Cutler Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyCutler">@MrAndyCutler</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-iot-blog/microsoft-defender-for-iot-ninja-training/ba-p/2428899">Microsoft Defender for IoT Ninja Training</a> By Kim Wall</p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://arcanecode.com/2022/11/07/fun-with-kql-arg_max-and-arg_min/ ">Fun with KQL - Arg_Max and Arg_Min</a> By Robert Cain Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ArcaneCode">@ArcaneCode</a></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/">Krebs on Security – In-depth security news and investigation </a>By Brian Krebs Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/briankrebs">@briankrebs </a></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://www.oliviervs.be/azure-devops/database-projects-merging-changes-into-your-development-branch/">Database Projects – Merging changes</a> By Olivier Van Steenlandt Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Oli_Vsteenlandt">@Oli_Vsteenlandt</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/devops-security-workbook/ba-p/3637662 ">DevOps Security Workbook</a> By George Wilburn </p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://sqlkover.com/granular-cost-management-for-azure-data-factory/">Granular Cost Management for Azure Data Factory </a> By Koen Verbeeck Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Ko_Ver">@Ko_Ver</a></p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><b><u>WRAP IT UP</u></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpQBgO8cb10v8e__mvfejv2fKUyZQ_YZ51-27dFOfClH70dur9r90SHqzjkFVT8zWzDOo2MQ6svIacmkcxnygANQf7gI5gxjjnMPMZo2Xi_dMv2FIOAnYY4QGfURECptX8ZyNN9tsnSgPsrfiV7-7qyaux6awa7_x_OiK0Z-KmD7C2GMMyX-c1i3a/s2613/picture%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2613" data-original-width="1288" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpQBgO8cb10v8e__mvfejv2fKUyZQ_YZ51-27dFOfClH70dur9r90SHqzjkFVT8zWzDOo2MQ6svIacmkcxnygANQf7gI5gxjjnMPMZo2Xi_dMv2FIOAnYY4QGfURECptX8ZyNN9tsnSgPsrfiV7-7qyaux6awa7_x_OiK0Z-KmD7C2GMMyX-c1i3a/s320/picture%201.jpg" width="158" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>The week went well. I have the medals at home, but I realized that I did not take a picture of the medals themselves. <p></p><p>As I type this I am sitting in our pre-con at Live 360! </p><p>So here's a quick picture of me with the medals after the race.<br /></p><p>A quick programing note, we are NOT doing Live shows the week of Thanksgiving. </p><p>We are taking some time off to spend with our families and we hope Dear Reader, that you too have some time off planned.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVXcrPRBTXG3j2AYe-LD98-ZwyyakmIANn5bpyj5Vpua5ACrAmvcFk187WKvwmH3OHpaIGKryv26Pi2dNfhEhCKngqSLN2DpTvfvNTNq9jl7eQWNTwWY-q1euFlqVuGoHkxdY8BMA9am7bcvolcnM4kIZAFFTg5JOxJuJEPb6-CXQamgbnlDrnTh9/s1876/p2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="1876" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVXcrPRBTXG3j2AYe-LD98-ZwyyakmIANn5bpyj5Vpua5ACrAmvcFk187WKvwmH3OHpaIGKryv26Pi2dNfhEhCKngqSLN2DpTvfvNTNq9jl7eQWNTwWY-q1euFlqVuGoHkxdY8BMA9am7bcvolcnM4kIZAFFTg5JOxJuJEPb6-CXQamgbnlDrnTh9/s320/p2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>HOWEVER, we do have NEW content that will drop Tuesday at 1 pm and Thanksgiving Day at 1 pm! <p></p><p><br /></p><p>Tuesday will be technical content dealing with ACID and Transaction Isolation Levels within SQL Server, Thursday will be a really fun suprise!<br /></p><p>We hope you will check out the content, but most importantly we hope you have a great week with your family! As always Dear Reader, Thank you for stopping by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485181488522668586.post-33124279781826212842022-11-07T11:07:00.005-05:002022-11-07T11:07:54.214-05:00Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 10-31-2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCLe1ZYOEb1OyEEBBEC6cPzPKwuxOia2VwenMLBXsV4qOniI29J5lYzoV5syn2S0mRsZUt8yUpZp21AfP1j3UPx27O6AGFg259FI7opAB7AsNekQLoWiMl1dr8kKPncMFXJ0kKfYKjz6-Isp1cnNRB5wht57A81p81kr64rJt3udVNQ_fnITzxwc1c/s1333/16%20main.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1333" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCLe1ZYOEb1OyEEBBEC6cPzPKwuxOia2VwenMLBXsV4qOniI29J5lYzoV5syn2S0mRsZUt8yUpZp21AfP1j3UPx27O6AGFg259FI7opAB7AsNekQLoWiMl1dr8kKPncMFXJ0kKfYKjz6-Isp1cnNRB5wht57A81p81kr64rJt3udVNQ_fnITzxwc1c/s320/16%20main.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Hello Dear Reader! Last week was Halloween and I hope you all had a fantastic time. Halloween has long been my favorite holiday. The cost of participation is imagination, activity, or a couple of bags of candy. Anyone can do it. It doesn't hurt that my daughter's birthday is on Halloween which makes it extra special!!<p></p><p>This we had the house decorated, table set up outside to give out candy to the neighborhood kids, and my kiddos were old enough that none of them needed me to walk them around to other houses. This left me, for the first time in at least 19 years, sitting outside giving out candy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKY8hR6957SPg80-0ua2Tc23NNnpTNvcahT92HkxT38_vCiUt-cs7ENNoGOnLfyoZFpj0jk9lNBVWmzysTeIKK447SrFq8fGFsFwD9AAUnHLXQrH7uWg5OqKNy0iQuA9AkKslTWvy0oPJHzziPt_I0yUBQtMhEBRKkyq7saKBZWwHvQBl_ujamaA5/s1333/episode%2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1333" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKY8hR6957SPg80-0ua2Tc23NNnpTNvcahT92HkxT38_vCiUt-cs7ENNoGOnLfyoZFpj0jk9lNBVWmzysTeIKK447SrFq8fGFsFwD9AAUnHLXQrH7uWg5OqKNy0iQuA9AkKslTWvy0oPJHzziPt_I0yUBQtMhEBRKkyq7saKBZWwHvQBl_ujamaA5/s320/episode%2017.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I learned a few things. First, we need a lot more fans. Fans outside in Florida will create a cross section of air that will keep mosquitoes away. It is not so much for the temperature, although it was close to 90 degrees.</p><p>Second, it is possible to get stung by so many mosquitoes that you have an allergic reaction. To mosquito bites that led to a wonderful 3 am *asthma attack and hive like welts appeared on parts of my body..... that were covered in clothing and inaccessible to mosquitoes. </p><p><i>*Not to worry though, as a lifelong asthmatic I had my rescue and daily use inhalers. All that happened was I woke up, used them, made myself a cup of tea, watched RRR while my body relaxed, and my breathing returned to normal*</i></p><p>Third, and most important, I learned that maybe I just stay inside and give out candy next year.</p><p>"<i>So Balls</i>", you say, "<i>what happened on the show?</i>"</p><p>Right you are Dear Reader, keeping me on track! On to the show!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1ST</u></b></p><p>On Tuesday we had Pam Lahoud (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/SQLGoddess">@SQLGoddess</a>) Principal Program Manager from the Azure SQL Virtual Machine team as our special guest. Pam talked with us about some of the really cool announcements they have coming up at the PASS Summit. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="330" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QLNt4VCzHCQ" width="483" youtube-src-id="QLNt4VCzHCQ"></iframe></div><br /><p>We also talked about the IOPs advancements that have been made and are coming to Azure SQL Virtual Machines!! I wore a Spider-man costume. Our good friend Dan Taylor (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/DBABulldog">@DBABulldog</a>) guest hosted for Andres Padilla (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/nodestreamio">@NodeStreamio</a>) as he will be out for the next few Tuesday shows. Our topic was a spooky topic for Halloween, technology fails! We had some great stories talking about epic failures, how we recover, stay calm, and most importantly learn from failure. </p><p>Speaking of failure, I was disqualified! AGAIN! Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/neeraj_jhaveri">@Neeraj_Jhaveri</a>) & Josh Luedeman (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshLuedeman">@JoshLuedeman</a>) fought for the win. Neeraj won the show! Congratulations Neeraj!! Neeraj will be the host and pick the topic for our show on Tuesday.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3RD</u></b></p><p>On our Thursday show we had 5 time Microsoft Data Platform MVP Matt Gordon (Twitter | <a href="https://twitter.com/sqlatspeed">@SQLatSpeed</a>) on our Community Round Table.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="324" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/btVquIpAU60" width="481" youtube-src-id="btVquIpAU60"></iframe></div><br /><p>We discussed Matt's adventures as a race car driver, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Database-Migration-Azure-Modernization/dp/1484282299">his new book Pro Database Migration to Azure: Data Modernization for the Enterprise</a>, and some of his favorite community content. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the links that we covered:</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://time.com/4704250/most-successful-technology-tech-failures-gadgets-flops-bombs-fails/">TIME's 20 Most Successful Technology Failures of All Time</a> | Time by LISA EADICICCO , MATT PECKHAM , JOHN PATRICK PULLEN AND ALEX FITZPATRICK Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/mattpeckham">@mattpeckham</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/LisaEadicicco">@LisaEadicicco</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/jppullen">@jppullen</a></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/lightyear-toy-story-2-deleted-b2017238.html">Resurfaced tale details how Toy Story 2 was saved after being deleted – twice</a> by Ellie Harrison Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Ellie_Harrison">@Ellie_Harrison</a></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://redmondmag.com/articles/2022/10/28/its-time-to-go-passwordless.aspx">It's Time to Go Passwordless - Here's How</a> by Joey D'Antoni Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/jdanton">@jdanton</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/internet-of-things-blog/demystifying-machine-learning-for-industrial-iot-applications/ba-p/3610800">Demystifying Machine Learning for Industrial IoT applications</a> by Jomit Vahela Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/jomit">@jomit</a></p><p>Matt</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2022/10/29/converting-azure-utc-datetime-to-user-defined-locale-and-datetime/">Converting Azure UTC DateTime to User Defined Locale and DateTime </a> by Jamie Maguire Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/jamie_maguire1">@jamie_maguire1</a></p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/31/1015552/biggest-technology-failures-2020/">The biggest technology failures of 2020</a> Antonio Regalado Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/antonioregalado">@antonioregalado</a></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/sqlskills-sql101-dealing-with-sql-server-corruption/">SQLskills SQL101: Dealing with SQL Server corruption</a> by Paul Randal Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulRandal">@PaulRandal</a></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://sqlatspeed.com/2022/03/08/t-sql-tuesday-148-just-keep-swimming/">T-SQL Tuesday #148: Just Keep Swimming</a> by Matt Gordon Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/sqlatspeed">@sqlatspeed</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/internet-of-things-blog/taking-azure-arc-and-kubernetes-to-the-edge/ba-p/3650599">Taking Azure Arc and Kubernetes to the Edge! </a> by Jason Farmer</p><p>Neeraj</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/21st-century-tech-failures/">The 10 Biggest 21st Century Tech Failures</a> by Katie Rees Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Vocal_Creators">@Vocal_Creators</a></p><p>Matt</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://jesspomfret.com/log-shipping-pre-stage/">Log Shipping - Pre-Stage Database backups with dbatools </a> by Jess Pomfret Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/jpomfret">@jpomfret</a></p><p>Bradley</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.dcac.com/microsoft/azure/using-azure-site-recovery-for-vm-dr-and-a-sql-managed-instance-failover-group/">Using Azure Site Recovery for VM DR, and a SQL Managed Instance Failover Group</a> by Denny Cherry Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/mrdenny">@MrDenny</a></p><p>Josh</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://github.com/brwilkinson">GitHub for Ben Wilkinson</a> by Ben Wilkinson Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/brwilkinson">@brwilkinson</a></p><p>Andres</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/internet-of-things-blog/iot-edge-v1-1-eol-what-does-that-mean-for-me/ba-p/3662137">IoT Edge v1.1 EoL: What does that mean for me?</a> by Ian Banham</p><p>Matt</p><p>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://sqlserverfast.com/blog/">SQLServerFast</a> By Hugo by Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/hugo_kornelis">@hugo_kornelis</a></p><div><br /></div><p>A big shout out with a lot of love to Hugo!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>WRAP UP</u></b></p><p>Another week is spread out before us, and it looks to be a really great one. We hope that you have a wonderful week. Don't forget our shows are live on Tuesday & Thursday this week at our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0WSqYstuCm0f9QoO1wmZIA?sub_confirmation=1">Tales from the Field Youtube channel at 1 pm EST</a>.</p><p>We hope to see you there. As always Dear Reader, thank you for stopping by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad</p>Bradley Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229829101131724200noreply@blogger.com0