Happy Tuesday . Here's the latest technology based blogs and articles I have been reading this week. Mainly SQL Server themed but a couple of others in there for good measure.
SQL Server
Searching for a string in an Object definition in a database. That is find a reference to an object. Ideal of you have multiple environments (UAT/TRAIN) stacked on the same SQL Server instance.
SQL CLR not supported in Azure SQL Databases a breaking news story on brentozar.com
A nice read on Views and Simplification by Grant Fritchey -
SQL Server 2005 is out of support – This feels like the end of an era.
Big Data and Analytics
Mapping Twitter followers in R - http://www.r-bloggers.com/mapping-twitter-followers-in-r/
Enterprise Architecture
The Open Group London 2016 event is taking place in London between 25th and 28th April-
Cloud
How to configure AWS cloud watch for SQL Server performance monitoring -
From the Microsoft blog SQL Server 2016 hybrid cloud solutions - https://feedly.com/i/subscription/feed/http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/rss.xml
Other
The Mighty Newport County could do with another win or two, to ensure league football stay at rodney parade next following a 1-0 defeat at home to Cambridge. Come on the County!
