Damian. My name is Damian. Maybe you already know me from the previous blog which I had to leave. I like the series of the weekly readings as my goal is to learn something new every single day. I hope this series will be as helpful for you as it is for me.

Let the fun begin!

The Mathematics of Data Science: Understanding the foundations of Deep Learning through Linear Regression

This is a long post but you have all information in one place. The author has tried to explain Deep Learning starting from familiar ideas.

Stairway to Row-Level Security

“Stairway to” is a series of articles you can find on the www.sqlservercentral.com portal. This time Steve Jones explains a feature that has been introduced in SQL Server 2016 – Row-Level Security.

Important Query Store Fixes – January 2019

Erin Stellato has summarized the important fixes that you need to know when you use Query Store in SQL Server 2016 and onward.

Changing the SSH port for a RHEL Azure VM

Paul Randal uses Linux for his SQL Server installation and has tried to change the default SSH port 22 to some other port. He shows how to do this as right now there is no official document about that.

Announcing the general availability of Query Store for Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Great news as the Query Store is now generally available for Azure Data Warehouse! Now we have another great tool that can be used for monitoring ADW! Onto it!

Anouncement!

This week we go to SQL Saturday #824 in Kraków! There will be a lot of great speakers and a chance to talk about the Data Platform world for us! Don’t miss the session about transactions (which can be funny). See you there!

Cheers,

Damian