Gain insights into your Azure AD resources with Log Analytics Workbooks

Today, I am excited to announce that the integration of Azure AD Activity Logs with Azure Monitor is now generally available in the public cloud. This is one of our customers top requested features and when we announced the public preview of Azure AD L… Continue reading Gain insights into your Azure AD resources with Log Analytics Workbooks

SQL-SQL linked server connections fails after applying latest windows security patches .

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SQL-SQL linked server connections and distributed query execution fails due to an error message NT AUTHORITY\ANONOYMOUS LOGON after installing Windows security patches that are released in March 2019
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Mobile mayhem abounds with Lenovo Legion and IdeaPad gaming upgrades

If you’re among the breed of gamers who like to take their action on the go, you’ll want to check out the five gaming laptops Lenovo has beefed up with the latest 9th Gen Intel Core mobile processors and the latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 and 1660 Ti GPUs, plus two new laptops—the Lenovo Legion Y7000 […]

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ASUS announces a lineup of new and refreshed ROG gaming laptops

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has announced a top-to-bottom update of its gaming laptop family. The ROG spring 2019 collection mixes all-new models with refreshed systems to deftly balance the performance required by gamers, content creators and power users with the convenience of creature comforts that enhance everyday use. The lineup includes desktop replacements, ultra-slims […]

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New Delivery Model for SQL Server Data Tools in Visual Studio 2019

 
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) has historically been an all-in-one product that allows traditional SQL and BI users to develop SQL related projects including database projects, integration services projects, analysis services projects, reporting s… Continue reading New Delivery Model for SQL Server Data Tools in Visual Studio 2019

Lesson Learned #74: The importance of having the Application Name configured in connection string

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Many, many times, we saw service requests that our customers need to identify who runs a specific query but, even after enabling the SQL Auditing feature, in Azure SQL Database they are not able to identify who/which is the application that… Continue reading Lesson Learned #74: The importance of having the Application Name configured in connection string

Lesson Learned #84: How to synchronize views definitions between databases

Today, I worked on a case that our customer needs to synchronize the definitions of all the views that they have between two databases.
To archive this, I suggested to run an Azure RunBook using the two following PowerShell scripts:
 

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