Shannon Lowder

Everyone who knows me, knows I’m a Microsoft data platform professional.  I do prefer their solutions over most other solutions.  I know there have been a few times when I’ve shocked my coworkers when I’ve suggested Couch, Redis or some other NoSQL solution as a solution to a particular problem.  The one that you’ve never heard me…

After getting AD Password Authentication working with my Azure SQL server, I moved on and set up a local Active Directory domain on my home network.  I don’t think this is something every data professional should try and tackle.  I count myself extremely fortunate to have made friends with IT professionals outside the data space, and…

f you’ve been working with Azure in the last few years, you’ve noticed there is a relatively new feature that’s supposed to make identity management easier with your Azure solutions: Azure Active Directory (AAD).  This feature does work with Azure SQL Servers and Azure SQL Databases.  But it may not completely plug and play.  In…