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Posted on April 21, 2017 by Sam Tran

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Create a RESTful Web Service for SQL Server using OData with Entity Framework

One of the great things about the clouds is that it makes existing good technology even better and in the case of the Azure stack, also much more simpler. One example that came to mind this week was Entity Framework after reading that it now works with CosmosDB, albeit still in beta and for the … More Create a RESTful Web Service for SQL Server using OData with Entity Framework

Power BI REST API

Power BI REST API Like most modern servers nowadays, Power BI has a fairly good set of web APIs that developers can leverage to extend functionalities of the product and further automate many processes. The developer’s section of the documentation provides an easy to follow set of instructions on how to get started and showcases some very useful feature … More Power BI REST API

Serializing and Deserializing JSON

Came across a few little extensions in Visual Studio Code marketplace recently that has and will further save me considerable time when I need to work with JSON. … More Serializing and Deserializing JSON

PowerBI: Integration with Azure, Googles and other Web Services using JavaScripts

I’m my opinion, there’s no doubt Tableau is still the best and well ahead of everyone when it comes to visualization in terms of looks, functionality and ease. But that’s true only on the client side and as we know, BI is so much more than this … More PowerBI: Integration with Azure, Googles and other Web Services using JavaScripts

Auditing Database Servers with SQL Server-A Primer

Whether you're a manager, developer or DBA, SQL Auditing is a powerful tool that can help you understand what is happening within your platform and its underlying data. Auditing on SQL Server allows you to monitor your server from two different aspects: at the server level and the database level. … More Auditing Database Servers with SQL Server-A Primer

Partitioned for Performance

Partitioned Tabels In my last blog on partition tables, I talked about the benefits from an archiving and management perspective. In this one, I'll go over the query performance that can be gained. If partitioning is something new to you, it's worth thinking it as dividing large tables into smaller ones … More Partitioned for Performance

Untangle and Understand DLL Dependencies with NDepend

If you do any development beyond the most basic on the .Net Framework, understanding and resolving DLL dependencies is a necessity and a fact of life and without the right tools to guide you, this can be a very time consuming and frustrating exercise. … More Untangle and Understand DLL Dependencies with NDepend

Horizontal Partitioning for Big Tables

Partitioned Tabels It’s fairly common knowledge amongst database professionals partitioned tables can help considerably with performance in various situations but my guess is not many would have considered the enormous benefits when it comes to archiving, a necessity when it comes to massive tables. … More Horizontal Partitioning for Big Tables

Linked Servers for Azure’s NoSQL Cosmos DB

Despite its reputation, I'm still a massive fan of linked servers. Microsoft developed it for a reason and it's ongoing presence on the platform since day one says it all. No one told you to pull back a gazillion rows on an inner join with a local table. So, when I saw it's now possible ... … More Linked Servers for Azure’s NoSQL Cosmos DB

Get productive with Syncfusion

I have to say it didn’t come as a total surprise one of my more popular blogs (according to LinkedIn Stats and Google Analytics) was on places where you can pick up some great free e-books because let’s face it, we all like free things. … More Get productive with Syncfusion

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