Untitled-4 Blog Jul 20, 2021 Introduction to Git This session will provide an overview and introduction to using Git for source control. Attendees will gain a basic understanding of Git and how it works.
Untitled-4 Blog May 21, 2021 Introduction to Azure Databricks Data volumes are increasing rapidly and with it, insights can be gained at cloud scales.
Untitled-4 Blog Nov 24, 2020 Introduction to the Modern Data Warehouse In the past, the traditional data storage mechanisms were often cleanly divided between file storage, NoSQL and relational transactions, and data warehouses. The data warehouse was often a monolithic system, servicing the needs of both customers and internal stakeholders. With...
Untitled-4 Blog Nov 17, 2020 Architecting Data Storage Solutions with Cosmos DB Cosmos DB provides a multi-model database for building highly responsive, scalable applications. The key to getting the most out of Cosmos DB is understanding how to design a database that can take advantage of the platform.
Untitled-4 Blog Nov 17, 2020 GitHub and Azure DevOps – Better Together With Microsoft acquiring GitHub, many teams struggle to understand whether to adopt GitHub or Azure DevOps, especially if there’s already an investment in Azure DevOps or Team Foundation Server (TFS).
Untitled-4 Blog Sep 10, 2020 Restricting Azure App Service Access to Azure Front Door Securing an Azure App Service is a common requirement. If you're not familiar with Front Door, it combines a web application firewall (WAF), content distribution network (CDN), traffic manager, and routing rules into a single service. This makes it a...
Untitled-4 Blog Mar 09, 2020 Automating SQL Server 2019 Docker Deployments In a previous article, I walked through deploying to SQL Server 2017 containers and provided an overview of deploying DACPACs and BACPACs in containers. Since that time, SQL Server 2019 has been released; this requires a few changes to the...
Untitled-4 Blog Oct 03, 2019 Restoring Azure Tests for SonarQube Continuing from the previous post, SonarQube expects a certain set of files to be present in $(Common.TestResultsDirectory). When it doesn't find the files in the folder, it can prevent it from reporting the results correctly. Because of changes to the...
Untitled-4 Blog Sep 17, 2019 Missing Tests on Azure DevOps The customer was having a rough day. They had lots of unit tests, but were seeing an unexpected behavior from Azure DevOps and SonarQube. Because some tests were written in XUnit and others with MSTest, they had separated the execution...
Untitled-4 Blog Feb 18, 2019 Understanding ARM Templates _artifactsLocation I'm someone that is always interested in seeing what's behind the curtain, pulling apart designs to understand the why and the how. When I began working with ARM templates, I noticed there were two parameters that Microsoft always included in...
Untitled-4 Blog Feb 08, 2019 ARM Templates and Cloud Init If you've been spending much time with Linux VMs, you may have encountered Cloud-Init. Cloud-Init is an easy way to specify the configuration which needs to be applied to a deployed virtual machine. Executed when the machine is first provisioned,...
Untitled-4 Blog Jan 01, 2019 Data DevOps: Deploying SQL Server DACPACs to Docker In order to truly optimize the workflow and create a culture of DevOps, we need to be able to quickly build and deploy databases. To automate this process, we need to rely on improving our ability to utilize infrastructure as...