This article will walk you through the way to export data out of Azure SQL Databases in a compressed format using Azure Data Factory.
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Visualizing data with Azure Data Explorer dashboards
April 8, 2021This article will help you understand the process of author dashboards using Azure Data Explorer to visualize data hosted in the clusters.
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Using Azure Purview to analyze Metadata Insights
April 5, 2021In this article, we will learn how to explore the metadata registered in Azure Purview as well as learn how to analyze the metadata insights using the Purview Studio tool.
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Cataloging metadata with Azure Purview
March 31, 2021In this article, we will learn how to catalog metadata using the Azure Purview service.
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Getting started with Azure Purview Studio
March 29, 2021This article will get you started with Azure Purview Studio and the different facets associated with this tool.
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Migrating homogeneous and heterogeneous databases to Azure SQL Database
March 29, 2021In this article, we will look at how we can use the Azure Database Migration Service to migrate to Azure SQL Database.
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Configure long-term backup retention for Azure SQL database
March 25, 2021This article configures a long-term backup retention policy for Azure SQL Database.
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Create a transactionally consistent copy of Azure SQL database
March 22, 2021In this article, we implement a copy of the Azure SQL database using both Azure Web Portal and Azure CLI.
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Getting started with Azure Purview for Data Catalog and Governance
March 16, 2021This article will show different features of Azure Purview as well as describe how to get started with this service on Azure.
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Consuming an Azure Data Share of Azure SQL Database
March 16, 2021This article will help you understand the process to accept an incoming or received data share of Azure SQL Database and integrate it with the desired data repository to start consuming it.
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Move local SSIS packages to Azure Data Factory
March 11, 2021In this article, we will learn how to deploy SSIS packages which are typically built on developer workstations, to Azure Data Factory using Visual Studio and Data Tools.
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Copy data into Azure Synapse Analytics using the COPY command
March 8, 2021In this article, we will learn how to copy data from an external data source using the COPY command into a dedicated SQL pool of Azure Synapse Analytics.
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Creating Azure Data Shares for Azure SQL Database
March 4, 2021This article will walk you through the process of creating Azure Data Shares for an Azure SQL Database.
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Restore dedicated SQL pools in Azure Synapse Analytics
March 2, 2021This article will walk you through the process of restoring dedicated SQL pools in Azure Synapse Analytics.
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Analyze Azure Cosmos DB data using Azure Synapse Analytics
February 24, 2021This article will help you understand how to analyze Azure Cosmos DB data using Azure Synapse Analytics.
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Deploy Azure Data Lake Analytics database using the U-SQL scripts
February 23, 2021In this 3rd article of the Azure Data Lake Analytics series, we will explore deploying a database, tables using U-SQL scripts.
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Elastic Jobs in Azure SQL Database
February 18, 2021Introduction
I have dedicated this article to the topic of Elastic Jobs in Azure SQL Database which is in Public Review. This feature allows you to run scheduled tasks in your Azure SQL Databases. This is similar to SQL Server Agent you have in the On-prem SQL Server versions. However, in Elastic Jobs, you can execute the scheduled tasks in multiple Azure SQL Servers and multiple Databases which is an added advantage when considering the features of SQL Server Agent. Further, this execution performs parallelly.
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Join database tables using U-SQL scripts for Azure Data Lake Analytics
February 17, 2021In this article, we will explore joining database tables using U-SQL scripts for Azure Data Lake Analytics.
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Writing U-SQL scripts using Visual Studio for Azure Data Lake Analytics
February 11, 2021In the 2nd article of the series for Azure Data Lake Analytics, we will use Visual Studio for writing U-SQL scripts.
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An overview of Azure Data Lake Analytics and U-SQL
February 10, 2021In this article, we explore the Azure Data Lake Analytics and query data using the U-SQL.
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Explore Azure Analysis Services Model and Data
February 4, 2021This article will walk you through how you can deploy a sample model on Azure Analysis Services and you will also learn the way to consume it using different tools.
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Creating external tables in Azure Synapse Analytics
February 4, 2021In this article, we will learn to create external tables in Azure Synapse Analytics with dedicated SQL pools.
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Populate Azure Synapse Analytics from Azure SQL databases using SSIS
February 2, 2021In this article, we will learn how to populate data from the Azure SQL database into Azure Synapse Analytics using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).
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Working with Spark pools in Azure Synapse Analytics
January 29, 2021In this article, we will learn how to create a Spark pool in Azure Synapse Analytics and process the data using it.
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Dedicated SQL pools in Azure Synapse Analytics
January 28, 2021This article helps you create a dedicated SQL pool in Azure Synapse Analytics, which is the first step to set up a data warehousing environment in Synapse.
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