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Execute Fabric Data Pipeline from Azure Data Factory

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The Long Running Backup

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importing from PowerQuery... but with multiple powerqueries

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I finally got the PowerQuery source to "show" in SSIS (so I can see...

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The Long Running Backup

I have a long running backup of the Sales database during a maintenance window that is going to take another 2 hours to complete on SQL Server 2022. I also need to perform some proactive work and add another file (ndf) to the Sales database to handle the expected growth of the next month. Can I do both simultaneously?

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