Azure Data Lake Storage to the Rescue!
Do you have issues with data storage space? In today’s post I’d like to share a scenario that may be familiar to you and...
Expanding the Azure Data Box Family
In a previous blog I introduced Azure Data Box. Today I’d like to talk about how Microsoft is expanding the Azure Data Box...
Azure Data Factory Event Triggers
If you’re still triggering your ETL processes on a schedule (maybe once an hour or at a set time each night), I want to...
Azure Data Factory Pipeline Templates
If you’re new to Azure Data Factory and unsure what you can do with it, I want to tell you about a new option within Data...
5 Ways Azure Makes Your Enterprise More Secure
Security is, or should be, a top priority; nothing is more important than making your enterprise secure. In this post I’ll...
Database Properties in Visual Studio Database Projects
Do you work in Visual Studio for development of SQL Server databases? At Pragmatic Works, we’re big fans using SQL Server...
New Feature That Helps Manage Large Volumes of Data
Businesses today generate large volumes of data. How do we manage and govern all that data so we can accurately analyze it...
What is Microsoft Graph?
In today’s post, I’d like to introduce you to Microsoft Graph. Microsoft Graph is an API that you can use to connect to...
The Difference Between Elastic Pools and Elastic Queries
Do you get elastic pools and elastic queries confused within Azure SQL Database? Many people do, probably because of the...
How Reliable is Your Data Center?
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...
Data Governance with Power BI Premium
Data Governance – a hot topic on everyone’s minds. As I’m working on a BI project in the financial district in New York, it...
Azure Databricks - Easy and Fast
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...
Get Layers of Security with Azure
As I record this Azure Every Day video at the airport heading home, it got me thinking about security. When you’re looking...
Using Databricks in Azure Data Factory for ETL
A common discussion we’ve had lately is about using Azure Databricks within Azure Data Factory for ETL.
Microsoft and BlackRock Announce Retirement Planning Partnership
Welcome back to Azure Every Day! We took a break in January to regroup, refresh and get some new writers involved in our...
3 Common Analytics Use Cases for Azure Databricks
Pragmatic Works is considered to be experts in the Microsoft Data Platform, both on-premises and in Azure. That being said,...
A Look at Some of Azure SQL Database's Intelligence Features
Today I’d like to tell you about some very cool intelligence features within the Azure SQL Database. Azure SQL Database...
ETL in Power BI with Dataflow
In this post, I want to tell you about a feature of Power BI that is in preview called Dataflow and how we can use that to...
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