RYANJADAMS
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Structured Streaming in Synapse Spark
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 data from two sensors to IoT hub. We’ll use Synapse Spark to process the data, and finally write the output to persistent storage. Here is what our…
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Always Encrypted Data Displayed in SSRS with a gMSA
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 that throws a wrench into things is the gMSA. Here is the flow for moving the certificates. Always Encrypted protects our data both at rest and in…
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Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 4
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 only be installed on Node1 and Node2. FCIs require shared storage so you will make your domain controller an iSCSI target. Last you will create your FCI…
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Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 3
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 Name Object rights in Active Directory and then install your AG. You will also ensure the AG endpoints are using the dedicated network created for them in…
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Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 2
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 by creating the Windows Server Failover Cluster. In addition, you configure the Cluster Networks and a File Share Witness. Here are links to the other articles in…
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Build a SQL Cluster Lab Part 1
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 both Availability Groups and Failover Cluster Instances. Once you build the environment, you can use it for training purposes, POCs, or the testing of features and functions…
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MSDTC Best Practices with an Availability Group
In this article we are going to look at some guidelines and MSDTC best practices with an Availability Group. Please note that some of these recommendations change if you are deploying a Failover Cluster Instance. If you are using the MSDTC (BizTalk, Linked Servers, etc.) and hosting the databases in an Availability Group, there are…
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MaxDOP Added to SQL 2019 CTP3.0 Setup
You can now set MaxDOP during SQL 2019 CTP3.0 setup. MaxDOP is the sledge hammer to Cost Threshold’s tack hammer (also MaxDOP database scoped configuration in SQL 2017+) and getting MaxDOP set correctly can be an art that is highly dependent on your workload. However, there are some best practice guidelines we can follow. Remember…
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Physical_Device_Name Is Not Updated
The Physical_Device_Name in msdb..backupmediafamily does not get updated to the new path when you restore a database from the same backup, but a new path.
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Automate Azure VM Storage
The Problem One of the best things about Azure, and the cloud in general, is we can automate most anything, and we are going to look at how to automate Azure VM Storage. This allows us to come up with some outside-of-the-box solutions. I had a customer with a road block that we were able…