Everything is Code
The executives at CrowdStrike testify before the US Congress, noting their software development process needs work.
Database Sharding: Strategies for Seamless Scaling and Performance Optimization
Companies of all sizes and across industries are struggling to cope with an explosion of data never before seen in the short history of computing. As applications reach new levels of sophistication and become deeply interconnected, these companies find themselves increasingly overworked, overheated, and at their wits’ end, desperately trying to squeeze just a bit more performance and availability out of their aging database architectures.
PASS Summit 2025 Dates
You heard it here first, PASS Data Community Summit will return to Seattle next year! Save the date, as PASS Summit will take place in person at Summit, Seattle Convention Center, from November 17-21, 2025!
Keep. It. Simple.
How simple should software development be? Steve notes it can be simple, but not too simple.
Removing TDE from a Database: Level 4 of the Stairway to TDE
Learn how to remove TDE from a database and return it to a normal state.
Stairway to SSAS Tabular Level 3: Creating a Tabular Project
This article shows you how to create an Analysis Services Tabular Model project, import data from World Wide Importers database, create a measure and analyze in Excel.
Stairway to SSAS Tabular Level 4: Implementing Date Dimensions
In this first level of the SSAS Tabular stairway, learn how to implement and format a date dimension.
Identify CPU Intensive SQL Server Queries from an Implicit Conversion
Learn how to use the SQL Server Query Store to find CPU-intensive queries and how you can use Query Store to resolve these issues.
Microsoft to Headline PASS Data Summit 2024 as Sapphire Sponsor
Join Microsoft at PASS Summit 2024 to explore the latest database innovations and how Azure solutions enhance app performance, security, and scalability in the AI era. Learn new SQL database capabilities, connect with Microsoft engineering leaders, and attend expert-led sessions on topics from database migration to modernization.
How to Delete Large Amounts of Data in Microsoft SQL Server
A short look at some of the options for deleting lots of data from a SQL Server table.
Blogs
Introduction to Advanced Analytics
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A New Word: Feresy
By Steve Jones
feresy – n. the fear that your partner is changing in ways you don’t...
Mastering the ORDER BY Clause in SQL Window Functions
This article provides a comprehensive overview of the ORDER BY clause within SQL window...
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The Cloud Security Problem
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Migrating standalone database to always-on cluster.
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Question of the Day
AUTO_DROP Statistics
In SQL Server 2022, what does this statement do?
CREATE STATISTICS CustomerStats1 ON DimCustomer (CustomerKey, EmailAddress) WITH AUTO_DROP = ONSee possible answers