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To improve customer workload performance and reduce unnecessary resource utilization, the default MAXDOP setting for new databases in Azure SQL Database is changing from the previous default of 0 (unlimited) to 8.
Why MAXDOP ma… Continue reading Changing default MAXDOP in Azure SQL Database
We saw last time that you can hasten the cancellation of your C++/WinRT coroutine by polling for cancellation. But that works only if it’s the top-level coroutine that needs to respond to the cancellation. But often, your coroutine calls out to other coroutines,
Now released for general availability (GA), M-series and Fsv2-series are new hardware generations in Azure SQL Database specialized for workloads requiring very high compute or memory scale or very… Continue reading GA of new memory and compute optimized hardware options in Azure SQL Database
In this post, Consultant Marius Rochon gives an implementation of OAuth2 Extension Grants (OBO) using Azure AD B2C.
Currently, Azure B2C does not support the extension grant. This sample uses a custom web serv Continue reading Using OAuth2 OBO with Azure AD B2C
This tutorial walks you through the process on how to load data from Always Encrypted enabled Azure SQL database using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) in Azure Data Factory.
Azure-SSIS integration runtime has built-in Microsof… Continue reading Load data from Always Encrypted enabled Azure SQL database using SSIS in ADF
If you need to store many objects in the cloud, like pictures, videos, logs, or any other kinds of unstructured data, using a storage blob on Azure is a perfect option. In this post, I walk through the steps of creating a storage account, creating the … Continue reading Azure Mini Fun Bytes: How to setup Azure Blob Storage