Within the big data and analytics space there are two names at the forefront of conversation: Apache Spark and Databricks. While they’re closely related, they…
Microsoft has announced the official retirement of Azure Data Studio on February 28, 2026. This decision marks a significant shift in Microsoft’s approach to database…
Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft’s globally distributed, multi-model database service designed to meet the demands of large-scale, low-latency applications. One of the most critical design…
Choosing the right database solution is critical for the performance and scalability of your applications. When working with NoSQL, Table data and Microsoft Azure, two…
The ability to efficiently search and retrieve documents based on their semantic content has become increasingly important; especially when it comes to building Generative AI…
There’s a lot of talk about NoSQL being the database of the future. Let’s take a look at NoSQL vs SQL databases, and what the…
Azure Cosmos DB is a powerful, fully managed, NoSQL, globally distributed multi-model database service offered by Microsoft Azure. Azure Cosmos DB enables you to quickly…
Developers often encounter hurdles when managing SQL Azure databases for development and testing. While SQL Azure offers a robust cloud-based solution, it can be costly…
Figuring out a career path in IT (or the technology industry) can be confusing. Right now, the DevOps Engineer and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) jobs…
Just as all Azure Web Apps need configuration values, most applications also need to have database Connection String values configured. With Azure Web Apps the…
A common conversion that’s done when setting storage size is to calculate the correct number of Bytes and other values from the base, desired Kilobytes,…
The 70-777 Implementing Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Solutions certification exam tests and validates your expertise in designing, building, and troubleshooting Azure Cosmos DB solutions. The…
The 70-776 Performing Big Data Engineering on Microsoft Cloud Services certification exam tests and validates your expertise in designing analytics solutions and building operationalized solutions…
The Developing Microsoft SQL Server Databases (70-464) certification exam is one of the elective exams that counts towards the MCSE: Data Management and Analytics certifications. This exam…
For years it’s been difficult to migrate a database that was built in SQL Server to Microsoft Azure SQL Database. Originally, the T-SQL support in…
The “Microsoft Azure Essentials: Migrating SQL Server Databases to Azure” book written by Carl Rabeler has been made a free eBook by Microsoft Press. This…
When Microsoft announced the initial Technical Preview release of Azure Stack it was also announced there would be additional services released in the coming weeks. This…
Azure DocumentDB is a NoSQL document database that uses the JSON data format for storing and querying documents. Being a feature of Microsoft Azure, DocumentDB…
There are many things to look at when either migrating an existing application or just building a new application to host on Microsoft Azure. Data…
