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  • Use advanced SQL Server connection properties in Microsoft Fabric with the ODBC connector

    Use advanced SQL Server connection properties in Microsoft Fabric with the ODBC connector

    September 17, 2026

    The built-in SQL Server connector in Fabric Data Factory doesn’t expose connection string properties like ApplicationIntent, MultiSubnetFailover, or Column Encryption Setting. Here is a supported way around it:… Continue Reading

  • Manage Fabric connections at scale with connection recency in Fabric REST APIs

    Manage Fabric connections at scale with connection recency in Fabric REST APIs

    September 3, 2026

    Connections are shared infrastructure in Microsoft Fabric, and at enterprise scale it gets hard to tell which ones are still in use. Connection Recency in the Fabric REST… Continue Reading

  • Connect securely to Snowflake in Fabric Pipelines and Copy Jobs

    Connect securely to Snowflake in Fabric Pipelines and Copy Jobs

    September 3, 2026

    Snowflake is a common source and sink for enterprise data movement, and Microsoft Fabric Data Factory supports it in both pipelines and Copy Jobs. Here is how Workspace-level… Continue Reading

  • Disabling Public Network Access in Synapse

    Disabling Public Network Access in Synapse

    February 9, 2023

    Disabling public network access on a Synapse workspace throws a 403 in Synapse Studio. Here is why, and how private endpoints fix it. Continue Reading

  • How to read Data Lake with Synapse Serverless – Part 2

    How to read Data Lake with Synapse Serverless – Part 2

    January 26, 2023

    Use a Synapse Serverless external table to query a path in your Azure Data Lake with plain T-SQL. Part 2 of two. Continue Reading

  • How to read Data Lake with Synapse Serverless – Part 1

    How to read Data Lake with Synapse Serverless – Part 1

    January 19, 2023

    Query files in your Azure Data Lake with the Synapse Serverless pool using OPENROWSET, with no infrastructure to provision. Part 1 of two. Continue Reading

  • Structured Streaming in Synapse Spark

    Structured Streaming in Synapse Spark

    January 12, 2023

    In this post we are going to look at an example of streaming IoT temperature data in Synapse Spark.  I have an IoT device that will stream temperature… Continue Reading

  • Always Encrypted Data Displayed in SSRS with a gMSA

    Always Encrypted Data Displayed in SSRS with a gMSA

    November 17, 2020

    Let’s take a look at how to display Always Encrypted Data in SSRS with a gMSA (Group Managed Service Account). We are mixing some technologies and the one… Continue Reading

  • Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 4

    Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 4

    November 18, 2019

    You are going to create a SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance in Part 4 of our series on how to build a SQL Cluster Lab. The FCI will… Continue Reading

  • Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 3

    Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 3

    November 11, 2019

    You are going to create a multi-subnet Availability Group in Part 3 of our series on how to build a SQL Cluster Lab. First you give the Cluster… Continue Reading

  • Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 2

    Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 2

    November 4, 2019

    You are going to create a Windows Cluster in Part 2 of our series on how to build a SQL Cluster Lab. You will run cluster validation followed… Continue Reading

  • Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 1

    Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 1

    October 28, 2019

    This article is Part 1 in a series of articles showing how to build a SQL Cluster Lab. It covers building a Windows Cluster in Hyper-V that supports… Continue Reading

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