Perform MySQL major version upgrades in Flexible Server with minimal downtime

Note: This post contains references to the term slave, a term that Microsoft no longer uses. When the term is removed from the software, we’ll remove it from this post.
 
Introduction
MySQL database major version upgrades can contain database chan… Continue reading Perform MySQL major version upgrades in Flexible Server with minimal downtime

Synapse – Choosing Between Spark Notebook vs Spark Job Definition

 
Author(s): Arun Sethia and Arshad Ali are Program Managers in Azure Synapse Customer Success Engineering (CSE) team.
Introduction
Apache Spark applications are used by businesses to perform big data processing (ELT/ETL load), Machine Learning, … Continue reading Synapse – Choosing Between Spark Notebook vs Spark Job Definition

Easily overcome file transfer issues in the cloud via Azure Marketplace

In this guest blog post, Mike Holden, Marketing Manager at Thorn Technologies, discusses overcoming common problems that occur with server-to-cloud file transfers.
 
Not long ago, files were securely transferred from server to server via Secure Fi… Continue reading Easily overcome file transfer issues in the cloud via Azure Marketplace

Developer Experience Day – Build and Run Enterprise Spring Apps at Scale

Join us at one of our upcoming Azure Spring Apps Experience Day events presented in collaboration with VMware:

Tuesday, November 1 in Toronto
Thursday, November 17 in New York City

 
If you’re an application developer, tech lead, or archit… Continue reading Developer Experience Day – Build and Run Enterprise Spring Apps at Scale

How to Analyze Query Plans in Azure Data Studio | Data Exposed

Azure Data Studio has introduced query plan viewer functionality within the core application – you no longer need to install an extension to view and analyze plans. In this Data Exposed session with Anna Hoffman and Erin Stellato, we’ll explore this ne… Continue reading How to Analyze Query Plans in Azure Data Studio | Data Exposed