Month: September 2017

Introduction There’s a ton of data on the Internet. Some of that data is really easy to download and extract that data into a relational database. Data that comes in CSV, JSON or maybe even a database backup. Unfortunately, not all of that is as easy to get at. What we do in the only…

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…