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Looking to migrate to a database in the cloud, but not sure about your options? In this post, I’ll continue with my look at the...

My recent posts have covered the world of databases according to Azure. My focus in this post is Azure Database for MySQL in...

How much do you know about the database options in Azure? Azure has many database options. My last post focused on Azure...

If you’re thinking about migrating to an open source database, then you’ll want to know about Azure database for MariaDB....

We all know life can get hectic. Here at Pragmatic Works, we're no different. But one of our goals is to learn something new...

How important is the reliability of your data center to you? If you’re like most, I’d say reliability is, or should be, of...

So, what do you know about Azure Databricks? How about how easy and fast it is? In today’s post I’d like to elaborate on these...

As I record this Azure Every Day video at the airport heading home, it got me thinking about security. When you’re looking for...

In this final blog of my series, ‘3 Things to Know About Azure’, my topic is Shared Access Signatures, or SAS, for accessing...

Today in my series ‘3 Things to Know About Azure’, I’ll focus on Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen 2. Azure SQL Data Warehouse is...

Over the next few days, I’d like to share 3 things to know about some Azure offerings. Today’s topic is Managed Instance which...

In this post, I’d like to tell you a story about a customer who chose to migrate from Oracle to Azure Data Warehouse and tell...

In today’s post I’d like to talk about what WORM storage is and how it can help with compliance and security. With the recently...

Resource groups are a key part of separating workloads and managing content created in your subscriptions. We’ve helped many...

Cloud security is a big deal and a huge topic on everyone’s mind as more and more businesses move to the cloud. Although Azure...

In this post I’d like to talk about Azure Active Directory, how guest users are created and how best to manage them. Azure...

A major corporation has announced their decision to move to Azure. Perhaps you’ve heard of them? Walmart—yes, Walmart and...

In today’s post I’d like to talk about Azure Queues. There are currently 2 queue options available – Storage Queues and Service...

In today’s post I’d like to talk about the cursor. What’s the cursor you may be thinking? Well, what I’m really talking about...

Azure continues to grow and expand with more products being introduced in the Azure Marketplace. In a recent post, I spoke...