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When migrating your SQL Server workloads to Azure VM, there are literally hundreds of different VM sizes to choose from. Hopefully, you've seen our videos on sizing so you have an idea of the…

Azure Monitor is a technology used to collect telemetry data from your Azure and on-premises environments. You can use Azure Monitor to improve performance and support the stability of your…

In part two of this seven-part VM series, learn how to easily manage your Azure SQL virtual machines using the SQL IaaS Agent Extension with Pam Lahoud. Whether you are using an Azure Marketplace…

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SQL Server object disks on Windows Server can be expanded at any time with no issues, but Linux doesn't quite work like that by default. In a situation where you run out of space, you're out of luck,…

In this episode of Data Exposed with Davide Mauri, get an overview of the newly released feature for Azure SQL Hyperscale Database: Named replicas. Named replicas allow for incredible scalability,…

SQL Data Sync lets you synchronize the data you select bi-directionally across multiple databases, both on-premises and in the cloud. In this Data Exposed episode with Mara-Florina Steiu, we will…

Azure Data Factory (ADF) is a fully managed, easy-to-use, serverless data integration solution to ingest all your on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud data In this episode with Wee Hyong Tok, you will…

Change data capture (CDC) records insert, update, and delete activity that applies to tables in SQL Server, Azure SQL Managed Instance or Azure SQL Databases. In this Data Exposed episode with…

Whether it's for reporting and offloading queries from production, there are things you need to keep in mind when using a Geo Replicated Azure SQL Database Readable Secondary. Discuss with MVP Monica…

In this episode of Data Exposed with Jason Anderson, learn what the ledger feature of Azure SQL Database is and where using ledger can help enable digital trust in your data. There will also be some…

In this episode with Rajesh Setlem, learn about the new integrated assessment and migration experience for Azure SQL from Azure Data Studio as well as how easy it is to get started.[01:00] Azure SQL…

In this episode of Data Exposed, Joe Sack, Principal Group Program Manager of SQL Server engine and SQL Hybrid, and Anna Hoffman, Data & Applied Scientist, talk about a new way in Azure SQL…

SQL insights is a comprehensive solution for monitoring any product in the Azure SQL family. Learn about how to set up Azure Monitor for SQL insights with Alain Dormehl, Senior Program Manager at…

Looking for a way to preserve your Oracle partition strategy while modernizing Azure SQL? SQL Server Migration Assistant's new automatic partition conversion allows you to retain your current…

Planning a proper disaster recovery solution is a critical piece of any infrastructure design, even when working in the cloud solutions like Azure SQL Database. Thankfully, the Azure architecture…

Worried about your data validation post-migration to SQL Server or Azure SQL? Join us in this episode with Alexandra Ciortea and Xiao Yu to learn how you can create your leverage SQL Server Migration…

Looking to leave Oracle behind? Watch the episode of Data Exposed with Alexandra Ciortea to find out how to ease into the migration journey by automating Oracle migrations to SQL Server or Azure SQL…

Are you planning your SQL Server data estate migrations to Azure? Your first step is to discover and assess your SQL Server data estate and understand the Azure SQL readiness. Join Venkata Raj…

Understand the various cloud migration drivers, migration strategies, and various phases in the migration journey in this episode of Data Exposed with Venkata Raj Pochiraju. He'll also introduce…

In this episode of Data Exposed with Kate Smith, she'll take you through the basics of why query processing matters, what it does, and how Intelligent Query Processing makes your workloads faster and…

Why is storage so important for Data Engineering? Learn how storage impacts the performance of your database solution. In this episode with MVP Argenis Fernandez, we will go over the basics of I/O,…

Jupyter Notebooks bring a wonderful capability to hand someone a single file that contains both code, and instructions on how to run that code. This is great and can be used in many different ways,…

Helm is the package manager for Kubernetes itself. Learn with Amit Khandelwal on Data Exposed how you can use Helm from your Windows machine to deploy SQL Server 2019 containers on Kubernetes all in…

In this episode of Data Exposed, Manoj Raheja shows us how to seamlessly integrate with Azure Data Explorer from Apache Spark for Azure Synapse Analytics.[01:13] Azure Data Explorer Overview[02:52]…

Database migrations often involve multiple phases, steps, and tools based on various scenarios and workload requirements. To help you migrate your databases to Azure, we have published a set of new…

In this episode of Data Exposed with David Trigano and David Brookler, learn how you can leverage new capabilities in Dynamic Data Masking, help your organization prevent unauthorized access to…

In this episode with Gaston Cruz, he'll show you the options to process Azure Analysis Services models (Semantic Layer) connecting to an Azure SQL DB as a data source (using SSDT), and then create an…

We all know one of the most important and secure methods of authentication in SQL Server is through AD authentication. Learn today in this episode of Data Exposed with Amit Khandelwal how to enable AD…

Azure SQL Auditing recently announced two new destinations now Generally available, and a new capability called Azure SQL Auditing of Microsoft support operations. In this episode, Anna Hoffman and…

SQL Assessment API provides a mechanism to evaluate the configuration of your SQL Server for best practices. The API is delivered with a ruleset containing best practice rules suggested by SQL Server…

Running complex aggregations and analytical functions on real-time operational databases is a powerful capability in Azure SQL. In the last part of this three-part series with Silvano Coriani, we will…

You don't necessarily need to change your data models and applications to run operational analytics workloads on Azure SQL. In part two of this three-part series with Silvano Coriani, we will explore…

Join Data Platform MVP Ben Weissman as he explores Azure Arc for Data Services, Microsoft's solution to deploy services like Azure SQL to any cloud – including private clouds – using Kubernetes. He…

Azure SQL enables hybrid transactional/analytical workloads for real-time operational analytics scenarios through a mix of in-memory and columnar database technologies. In the first episode of this…

SQL assets are critical resources and contain the most precious information a company owns, which makes them one of the preferred targets for attackers. Protecting them across the environments can be…

In this episode with Dani Ljepava, we will show you how to manually trigger a planned failover on SQL Managed Instance to test your applications for fault tolerance and will talk about best practices…

Join Anna Hoffman and Buck Woody as they take a tour of the incredible learning resource the Microsoft Engineering team has put together. From labs to full hands-on workshops and much more, you'll…

Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2019 is now in its second iteration which has added the ability to do pattern matching searches on encrypted data with the use of a technology called secure enclaves. …

Azure SQL provides several connectivity options to cover different application scenarios. It is important to understand that they may have implications related to security and performance. In this…

Managed Identities for Azure Resources can be leveraged to provide applications running on Azure Services with password-free access to Azure SQL databases and simplifying aspects like credential…

In this episode of Data Exposed, Kate Smith shows us how to run and monitor Elastic Jobs using both PowerShell and T-SQL. [01:01] Demos More episodes in the Elastic Jobs for Azure SQL Series:Elastic…

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In this episode of Data Exposed, Kate Smith walks us through the process of how to create Elastic Jobs for Azure SQL using T-SQL.[01:00] Demo[07:35] Where to create jobs[08:47] Advantages of using…

In this episode of Data Exposed, Kate Smith walks us through the process of how to create Elastic Jobs for Azure SQL using PowerShell.[00:51] Why use PowerShell[01:47] DemoMore episodes in the Elastic…

With Azure Data Studio turning/turned 3, it is maturing just like a fine wine. Azure Data Studio is a game-changer for all Data Professionals. Join Warwick Rudd as he shows you what Azure Data Studio…

Learn how you could load data into Azure from 90+ source connectors in Azure Data Factory. Azure Data Factory is a serverless data integration service that supports hybrid (on-premise/…

SQL Server started as a departmental database engine. It is now a modern data platform and a force in the industry. In this episode of Data Exposed with Bob Ward, learn how Microsoft is innovating SQL…

Many organizations have complex security and deployment requirements. In the second of this two-part series with Arvind Shyamsundar, we show you how to leverage Azure Pipelines features like…

Are you prepared if a tornado filled with sharks destroys your primary data center? You may have backed up your databases, but what about logins, agent jobs or extended events? Join Chrissy LeMaire in…

"Databases-as-Code" is an important principle in improving predictability in developing, delivering, and operating Azure SQL databases. In the first part of this two-part series with Arvind…

Learn how to leverage SQL Server on Azure virtual machine to improve your elasticity and business continuity for your on-premises SQL Server instances. Discover how the new benefits allow you to…

Running SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines provides a suite of free manageability capabilities that are available only on Azure, and which make it easier to run in a cost-effective, secured, and…

One of the performance benefits of using Azure SQL Database is the ability for Azure SQL Database to automatically add and remove indexes from the database, based on the workload that is running…

In this episode with Amit Banerjee, you will review new Software Assurance core benefits for high availability and disaster recovery can make running SQL Server on Azure virtual machine cheaper than…

Azure Data Studio – a cross-platform client tool with hybrid and poly cloud capabilities - now brings KQL experiences for modern data professionals. In this episode with Julie Koesmarno, she will show…

In this episode of Data Exposed with Vin Yu, we'll introduce Azure Arc enabled SQL Managed Instance and provide an overview of its capabilities. We'll also share how you can get started with Azure Arc…

The Basic, Standard, and Premium service tiers fulfill a lot of customers' needs. For some customers, though, the General Purpose, Business Critical, and Hyperscale service tiers offer additional…

In this episode with Jean-Yes Devant, we'll introduce Azure Arc enabled PostgreSQL Hyperscale and provide an overview of its capabilities. We'll also share how you can get started with Azure Arc…

Database backups are an essential part of any business continuity and disaster recovery strategy because they protect your data from corruption or deletion. In this episode of Data Exposed with Uros…

In this episode of Data Exposed with Sasha Nosov, learn how Azure Arc allows you to leverage Azure Services for your existing database applications hosted on-premises or in other public clouds,…

You need to ensure that you are getting the maximum value and performance from your Azure SQL Database for minimum cost. Learn the differences between the Basic, Standard, and Premium tiers of Azure…

With many organizations trying to migrate to Azure, one of the critical and most important tasks is to assess existing on-premise SQL Server instances and identify the right target Azure SQL. Data…

In this episode of Data Exposed with Tolga Tekin, learn about the ability to deploy Azure Arc Data services via Kubernetes to any hardware platform. [00:55] What is Azure Arc[02:20] Azure data…

In this episode with Drew Skwiers-Koballa, you will be introduced to a new experience for database development with the SQL Database Projects extension for Azure Data Studio. Whether you are familiar…

In the second part of this two-part series, Hamish Watson shows us how to use infrastructure as code to deploy an Azure Kubernetes systems cluster. To learn about the many ways to deploy an Azure SQL…

Capacity planning plays a critical role in migrating an existing application or designing a new one. In the final part of this three-part series with Silvano Coriani, we'll review various Azure SQL…

To provide customers with an easier network configuration, all newly created virtual clusters will be enabled for access over global virtual network peering connections, now in general availability.…

In this episode of Data Exposed with Vladimir Ivanovic, he announces a set of major performance improvements for Azure SQL Managed Instances, which enable customers to migrate their more…

In the first part of this two-part series with Hamish Watson, we will look at the various methods available to deploy an Azure SQL database including PowerShell, Azure CLI and Terraform. Creating…

In this episode with Rohit Nayak, we will cover the Minimal TLS Version setting for SQL Database. Customers can use these features to enforce a TSL version at the logical server level to meet their…

In the conclusion to this two-part series with Allan Hirt, learn how Azure can be used to create disaster recovery solutions for your on premises Microsoft SQL Server instances and databases through…

In this episode with Rohit Nayak, we will cover the Deny Public Network Access setting for SQL Database. Customers can use this setting to block all public access via firewall rules and exclusively…

In the first episode of this two-part series with Allan Hirt, learn how to leverage on premises infrastructure for Microsoft SQL Server deployments while also taking advantage of the benefits of Azure…

In the final episode of this three-part series, Vasiya Krishnan walks us through a demo that shows us how to use Azure SQL Edge to build smarter renewable resources. For an introduction to Azure SQL…

Azure Synapse has many features to help analyze data, and in this episode, Ginger Grant will review how to query data stored in a Data Lake not only in Azure Synapse but also visualize the data in…

In part two of this three-part series, Vasiya Krishnan shares an example of how customers are using Azure SQL Edge as well as use cases. For an introduction to Azure SQL Edge, watch part one. [00:43]…

Are you thinking about running SQL Server in Kubernetes and don't know where to start...are you wondering what you really need to know? If so, then this Data Exposed episode is for you. When deploying…

In part one of this three-part series, Vasiya Krishnan introduces Azure SQL Edge and its features that make it the optimized database engine for IoT Scenarios. In part two, Vasiya will review customer…

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Within Azure SQL maintenance tasks such as backups and integrity checks are handled for you, and while you may be able to get away with automatic updates keeping your statistics up-to-date, sometimes…

Whether migrating an existing application or designing a brand new one, capacity planning process plays a critical role. Learn how to navigate across Azure SQL Database options like hardware…

Microsoft added several features to SQL Server 2019 that can improve performance without changes to code. One of these is T-SQL Scalar UDF Inlining. The use of UDFs is a red flag when tuning queries,…

Are you interested in learning how to translate your existing SQL Server expertise to Azure SQL including Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance? In this episode, Bob Ward, Anna Hoffman,…

Microsoft continues to push the envelope on feature capabilities with every release of SQL Server. One of the more prominent features that was released with Microsoft SQL Server 2019, is the ability…

In the last part of this two-part series, Shreya Verma takes a deeper dive into backup options by showing us point-in-time, long-term retention, and geo restore demos. To learn about the different…

Jupyter Notebooks are best known as tools for Data Scientists to display Python, Spark or R scripts. A Jupyter Notebook enables you to share words, images, code AND code results. .NET interactive…

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Lifting and shifting your application to the cloud is extremely easy, on paper. The hard truth is that the only way to know for sure how it is going to perform is to test it. Benchmarking on-premises…

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IoT is almost always associated with NoSQL database. This is quite understandable as its flexibility and specialization are great for ingesting IoT data. But what if that flexibility and performance…

One of the major benefits of Azure SQL Database is that the Azure platform provides additional protection for your database against SQL Injection attacks and Data Exfiltration, amongst other threats.…

In the second part of this two-part series, we discuss why Azure SQL is the best database in the cloud for developers, dive deeper into architectures, and review customer case studies to truly…

Join Ben Weissman on a tour through the possibilities of Big Data Clusters (BDC). He will give a brief overview about the general architecture and components of a BDC, followed by a demo where he will…

Azure SQL has a lot of built-in features that make it the best database in the cloud for developers. In this first part of this two-part series, we'll discuss what those features are and which kinds…

In the second part of this two-part video series, Kate Smith discusses what two things you should understand before beginning with Azure SQL Database Elastic Jobs: Idempotence, and Credentials. She…

In the first part of this two-part video series, Kate Smith gives an introduction to what Azure SQL Database Elastic jobs are, and when you should consider using them, as well as what products support…

In this video, Emily Lisa and Anna Hoffman discuss how to make a database zone redundant in Azure SQL, and the High Availability benefits of the zone redundant configuration. [00:47] What is an…

In the second part of this two-part video segment, Rohit Nayak dives deeper into the new capabilities for Azure SQL Database for Private Endpoints. Watch the first episode to understand what Private…

In the first part of this two-part video segment, Rohit Nayak explains what Private Endpoint for Azure SQL Database is and how it relates to the overall connectivity story for Azure SQL. Additional…

Are you looking to gain more control of the costs of operating your growing Azure HDInsight clusters? Are you interested in driving higher utilization of your Azure HDInsight clusters? If yes, then…

In this video, Anna Hoffman and Jeroen ter Heerdt discuss and show how to create auto-failover groups in Azure SQL using PowerShell notebooks and a Java application. This video was based on a…

In this video, Anna Hoffman and Jeroen ter Heerdt discuss and show one way for loading data from Azure Blob storage into Azure SQL Database. For more info, see…

In this video, Anna Hoffman and Jeroen ter Heerdt discuss and show the connection policy options available and why you might choose one over the other. For more info, see:…

In this video, Anna Hoffman and Jeroen ter Heerdt discuss and show how you can get started with Azure CLI and the Azure Cloud Shell with respect to Azure SQL. For more info, see…

In this video, Anna Hoffman and Jeroen ter Heerdt discuss and show PowerShell notebooks and Azure SQL inside Azure Data Studio. Learn how you can leverage PowerShell notebooks and other CLI tools in…

In this video, you will learn how to deploy recommended HADR architectures using SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines with an optimal TCO using your Software Assurance Benefits.[00:00] Intro[00:31]…

In this video, you will learn how to deploy recommended HADR architectures using Azure as a DR center with the best TCO using Software Assurance.[00:00] Intro[00:31] Licensing for HA/DR when using…

In this video, you will learn how to deploy recommended HADR architectures with the best TCO using Software Assurance.[00:00] Intro[00:32] Reminder of benefits for HA/DR[01:11] Common scenarios[02:14]…

In this video, you will learn how you can get a better TCO for recommended SQL Server HADR architectures with your Software Assurance benefits. [00:00] Intro[00:30] Deploying SQL Server in High…

In this video, you will learn about how to license a Big Data Cluster in SQL Server 2019. The video also talks about the Software Assurance benefits that are available for Big Data Cluster…

Persistent Log Buffers, sometimes referred to as tail of log caching, uses persistent memory to persist the database log buffer, eliminating bottlenecks that may occur on busy systems waiting for the…

You may have heard about SQL Notebooks in Azure Data Studio, now you can get started creating your very first SQL notebook. In this video, you will learn how to use text and code cells to build an…

We'll talk about what is Spark and using it in Big Data Clusters.More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/big-data-cluster/tutorial-data-pool-ingest-spark?view=sql-server-ver15 [00:00]…

In this video we are going through the high availability options you have for the mission critical services running within the SQL Server Big Data Clusters. Find out more here: High AvailabilityHigh…

In this video, we'll discuss Accelerated Database Recovery, and how it can solve many availability challenges with no operational or application changes. Find out more about ADR in our documentation. …

With the Common Language Runtime (CLR) hosted in Microsoft SQL Server (called CLR integration), you can author stored procedures, triggers, user-defined functions, user-defined types, and user-defined…

Want to get started with Azure Data Studio (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/azure-data-studio/download) but don't know where to begin? In this video, Anna Hoffman shows you how to get connected…

Learn more about the deployment options for Azure SQL Database. More information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-technical-overview [00:00] - Introduction[00:41] -…

You're probably familiar with Collations in SQL Server, but how do Collations change in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance? In this video, Anna Thomas and Colin Murphy cover a brief overview of…

In this video you will learn what is SandDance and how it provides unit visualizations of the data. Find out more.

SandDance provides data visualization in the context of the data you are operating in and gives you interactive data exploration where you can quickly find pattern, trends and anomalies from the data.…

In this video, you will see how to use PolyBase in SQL Server 2019 big data cluster to query data from HDFS and join the data with other tables in the database. Read more about configuring PolyBase to…

In this session, we'll be covering how you can query data from Big Data Cluster Data Pools. Learn more about Data Pools.

In this session, we'll be covering an overview of compute pools in Big Data Clusters. Learn more about Compute Pools.

In this session, we'll be covering an overview of security features in Big Data Clusters. More information on security in big data clusters.

Bob Ward joins us to talk about his new book - SQL Server 2019 Revealed. Find it here: https://www.apress.com/us/book/9781484254189

Learn all about the new data classification capabilities built into Azure SQL Database. Data Classification enables discovering, classifying, labeling & protecting the sensitive data in your…

In SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters, we ensure that management services embedded with the platform provide fast scale and upgrade operations, automatic logs and metrics collection, enterprise grade…

Did you know Azure Data Studio has a rich notebook experience? Whether you need a Python, Pyspark, or a fully integrated SQL kernel, you can start creating and editing your notebooks from anywhere in…

SQL Server 2019 introduces ground-breaking query performance enhancements under the Intelligent Query Processing family. To learn more, check out our documentation.These make up the latest on…

Memory-Optimized TempDB Metadata is one of the new In-Memory Database features in SQL Server 2019. In this video, learn how to detect the TempDB metadata contention that this feature is intended to…

TempDB has historically been a major point of contention when it comes to scalability of highly-concurrent workloads in SQL Server. In this video, we'll review some of the most common pain points with…

SQL Server 2019 in containers are a fast way to get started with SQL Server 2019, and can be used throughout your data estate from development to production. SQL Server in containers are great because…

One of the most eagerly anticipated features in SQL Server 2019 is data virtualization. This video gives you a practical overview of the technology so that you can quickly get started with this…

Learn what options you need to consider for a successful deployment of a big data cluster and what are the end to end steps of a BDC deployment workflow. To learn more, check out our documentation:…

HDFS Tiering is Microsoft's latest contribution to the Apache HDFS open source project. In this video, you will learn how to use the HDFS tiering feature in SQL Server big data clusters, to seamlessly…

Listen to Microsoft's CTO of Azure, Mark Russinovich talk about intelligent cloud, intelligent edge. Mark explains how we're building for edge scenarios with investments like Azure SQL Database Edge,…

SQL Server 2019 is the latest version of the versatile and venerable SQL Server. This latest version continues to redefine SQL Server from a traditional relational database system to a data platform…

Listen to Microsoft's CTO of Azure, Mark Russinovich, on the history and future of databases in Azure. Mark touches on Azure SQL Databases, Cosmos DB, and even blockchain databases. More resources:…

Come see how easy it is to restore an existing SQL Database to Azure SQL Managed Instance. More information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-managed-instance.

In this video, Jeroen ter Heerdt shows how to restore a database to Azure SQL from a BACPAC file. Read more about importing an Azure SQL Database from BACPAC.

Currently, Azure SQL Database has ML Services with R available in preview. In this video, Anna Hoffman gives a brief overview of how you can use an open source package called sqlmlutils to easily…

In this video, we will talk how Azure SQL VM service helps migrating and modernizing of SQL workloads. We will explain and demo the benefits of the new SQL VM Resource Providers for self-installed SQL…

Once you're ready to switch a workload over to the serverless model, it is very easy to do. Watch Anna Thomas switch over a database she uses for demos to the serverless compute tier in this quick…

Hyperscale is a new tier for Azure SQL Database. In this video Anna Thomas and Jeroen ter Heerdt cover how to switch an existing Azure SQL Database to this new, scalable, tier. More information about…

Overview of the new documentation on Azure SQL Database Machine Learning Services (Preview). More resources: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-quickstart-r-create-script…

This session does a deep dive into one of the network access controls for Sql Database i.e. setting up Vnet firewall rules to restrict access from a specific Vnet and subnet. Read more about Vnet…

The new centralized experience brings together SQL Server offerings inside of Azure, including databases, managed instances, and SQL VMs. We now have a centralized location for discovering, creating,…

This session explains the basics of how connectivity works for SQL Database and how you can use network access controls to securely access SQL Database. Note: At 7:33 during the video, it is said that…

When data is the lifeblood of your business, you want to ensure your databases are reliable, secure and available when called upon to perform. Service level agreements (SLA) set an expectation for…

In this demo, we will show how you can explode a Bill of Materials using Graph Shortest Path function, introduced with SQL Server 2019 CTP3.1, to find out which BOMs/assemblies a given product/part…

Learn how you can leverage our Data Migration Assistant tool to get the Azure SQL Database readiness at scale.More information:…

Understand the cloud migration journey, strategy, Leverage Data migration tools and Azure Database Migration Service for successful database migrations to Azure Data.More information:Database…

In this episode we talk to Yatharth Gupta, Principal Program Manager for Azure Databricks, about the newly introduced integration with R Studio. For data scientists looking at scaling out R-based…

Azure Data Factory went into General Availability with new features, alongside a cool new UI, giving users the ability to orchestrate and monitor pipelines in intuitive ways. What's even more…

In this episode, we chat with Katherine Kampf, PM on Azure Big Data team, about the newly introduced ML Services in Azure HDInsight. ML Services includes highly scalable, distributed set of algorithms…

This week's episode of Data Exposed welcomes Abhi Abhishek to the show! Abhi is a Software Engineer in the SQL Server engineering group focusing on SQL Tools. Today he is in the studio to talk about…

Azure HDInsight is a fully-managed cloud service that makes it easy, fast, and cost-effective to process massive amounts of data. Use the most popular open-source frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark,…

Azure HDInsight is a fully-managed cloud service that makes it easy, fast, and cost-effective to process massive amounts of data. Use the most popular open-source frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark,…

Azure HDInsight is a fully-managed cloud service that makes it easy, fast, and cost-effective to process massive amounts of data. Use the most popular open-source frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark,…

Azure HDInsight is a fully-managed cloud service that makes it easy, fast, and cost-effective to process massive amounts of data. Use the most popular open-source frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark,…

Azure HDInsight is a fully-managed cloud service that makes it easy, fast, and cost-effective to process massive amounts of data. Use the most popular open-source frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark,…

Azure HDInsight is a fully-managed cloud service that makes it easy, fast, and cost-effective to process massive amounts of data. Use the most popular open-source frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark,…

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Seamlessly integrate with the most popular Big Data solutions with a single-click. Easily extend your cluster capabilities with applications, edge nodes, and customize using script actions. In this…

Azure HDInsight is an Apache Hadoop distribution powered by the cloud. This means that it handles any amount of data, scaling from terabytes to petabytes on demand. Spin up any number of nodes at any…

This week's episode of Data Exposed welcomes Ronit Reger to the show! Ronit is a Senior PM on the SQL product team focusing on SQL security and data privacy, and today she is in the studio to talk…

This week's episode of Data Exposed welcomes Alan Yu to the show! Alan Yu is a PM in the SQL Server engineering group focusing on SQL Tools, and today he is in the studio to talk about the latest SQL…

This week's episode of Data Exposed Scott welcomes Ashish Thapliyal to the show. Ashish is a Senior PM on the HDInsight team and is in the studio today to discuss monitoring HDInsight for the…

This week's episode of Data Exposed Scott welcomes Rebecca Zhang to the show. Rebecca is a PM on the SQL Server team and is in the studio today to discuss encryption at rest with key hierarchy in…

This week's Data Exposed show welcomes Joe Sack into the Channel 9 studio. Joe is a Principal PM on the SQL Server team, and is in the Channel 9 studios today to show us the awesome Adaptive Query…

Bob Ward and Parikshit Savjani (Parik) are in the Data Exposed Channel 9 studio today to talk about and show off the best built-in diagnostics in the industry. It's Bob Ward, so of course we're…

This week's Data Exposed show welcomes Cathy Palmer into the Channel 9 studio to show how to connect an on-premises Hadoop cluster to Azure Data Lake Store in 3 easy steps! [01:38] - Azure Data Lake…

This week's episode of Data Exposed Scott welcomes two awesome individuals, Torsten Grabs and Morgan Oslake (Principal PM in the SQL product group), to talk about the great topic of Azure SQL Database…

This week's Data Exposed show welcomes back Maxim Lukiyanov to talk more about Spark performance tuning with Spark 2.x. Maxim is a Senior PM on the big data HDInsight team and is in the studio today…

Tobias and Slava are back in the studio in this awesome video to show high-availability with SQL Server 2017 between Windows and Linux. After spending a few minutes discussing the background, thought…

Today's guest on the Data Exposed show is Pedro Lopes, a PM in the SQL Server TIGER team, and he's in the studio today to show off some of the things his team has been working on over the last year to…

This week's Data Exposed show welcomes back Maxim Lukiyanov to talk more about Spark performance tuning with Spark 2.x. Maxim is a Senior PM on the big data HDInsight team and is in the studio today…

Ran and Arina are back in the studio (actually, they never left :D ) to follow up on their first video to discuss the PowerBI JavaScript SDK. This SDK is a client-side API allows you to communicate…

This week's Data Exposed show welcomes back Maxim Lukiyanov to talk more about Spark performance tuning with Spark 2.x. Maxim is a Senior PM on the big data HDInsight team and is in the studio today…

Today's Data Exposed show welcomes Ran Breuer and Arina Hantsis to the studio. Both Ran and Arina are Software Engineers on the Power BI team, and have flown in from Israel to talk about how to get…

Tobias and Slava are back in the studio to showcase the work they have been doing on the TPC-H benchmarking. As normal, no slides, all demo, and Slava and Tobias spend nearly 30 minutes show us how…

This week's Data Exposed show welcomes back Maxim Lukiyanov to kick off a 4-part series on Spark performance tuning with Spark 2.x. Maxim is a Senior PM on the big data HDInsight team and is in the…

Saveen Reddy, Principal PM Manager in the Big Data team, is back in the Channel 9 studios for the week's Data Exposed show to talk about U-SQL batch query execution. This is awesome, because Saveen…

Once again the Data Exposed show welcomes back Michael Rys, Principal PM in the Big Data group, to give us an update of U-SQL. At the [01:25] mark Michael lists the features in U-SQL that have been…

This week's episode of Data Exposed welcomes Kevin Cunnane to the show to talk about the Big Data Partner Program. Pranav is a Senior Software Engineering Manager in the SQL Server tools team. No…

I LOVE videos like this, and so will you. Short, but powerful with no slides and all demo. Saveen Reddy, Principal PM Manager in the big data team at Microsoft comes in to show how easy it is to debug…

This week's episode of Data Exposed welcomes Vin Yu to the show! Vin is a PM in the SQL Server engineering group focusing on SQL Server on Linux, and today he is in the studio to talk about and demo…

This week's episode of Data Exposed is another episode I am extremely excited about! With all of the great work being done on SQL Server, it is a pleasure to welcome Sanjay Nagamangalam to the show!…

This week's Data Exposed show is one I have been waiting to do for a long time. I'm excited to have Umachandar Jayachandran, or UC, in the studio today to talk about R services in SQL Server 2016, a…

This week's episode of Data Exposed welcomes Pranav Rastogi the show to talk about the Big Data Partner Program. Pranav is a Principal PM in the Big Data team and he looks after the Hadoop ecosystem…

Our man Jos is back again, and this time he is talking about memory optimizing temporary data structures. And true to form, Jos brings in the whiteboard and spends 35 minutes walking us through how to…

Today's Data Exposed show welcomes Alice Kupcik, a Senior PM in the Big Data team, to talk about compliance in Azure HDInsight. Building on the HDInsight security show published recently with Saurin…

In the Channel 9 studios this week is Harini Gupta, a Senior Program Manager on the SQL Server SEALS team, and Dinek Kothottil, a Senior Engineering Manager on the SQL Server SEALS team. Both Harini…

The things the SQL engineering team can do in a month! We're excited to welcome back to the Data Exposed show Akash Verenkar, a Senior Engineering Manager in the SQL team, and brings with him today…

It is an honor and privilege to welcome to the show Niko Neugebauer, a Data Platform MVP from Portugal who was in town for the Microsoft MVP Summit, and we were lucky enough to get him into the Data…

This week's episode of Data Exposed welcomes Ashish Thapliyal to the show to talk about how to get better performance from your HBase in HDInsight. Ashish is senior PM in the Big Data HDInsight group…

In this SQL on Linux follow-up episode of Data Exposed, Scott welcomes back Tobias Ternstrom and Slava Oks to the show us more of SQL Server on Linux. Linux. Again, no slides, just pure demos. Last…

Data Exposed is pleased to welcome Jos de Bruijn back, and today he is back to talk specifically about In-memory OLTP in SQL Server 2016. Jos is a Senior PM on the SQL team and today dives right in…

In this episode of Data Exposed, Scott welcomes to the show Shamik Ghosh, Senior PM and Akash Verenkar, Senior Software Engineering Manager, both of whom are on the Data Migration team in the Data…

Data Exposed has had Jos de Bruijn in the studio a couple of times, and today he is back to talk specifically about In-memory OLTP in SQL Server 2016. Jos is a Senior PM on the SQL team and today…

The Data Exposed show welcomes back Michael Rys, Principal PM in the Big Data group, to give us an update of U-SQL. At the 1:25 mark Michael discusses some of the new features in U-SQL since the…

It's a pleasure to welcome Anthony Van Gemert to the Data Exposed show today. Today's show is a real treat as Anthony, a PM in the SQL Server engineering team, spends the entire show in 1 awesome demo…

In this episode of Data Exposed, Scott welcomes Lindsey Allen, SQL Server Partner Group PM, and Tobias Klima, Windows Storage PM, to the show to discuss how persistent memory in Windows Server 2016…

This week's episode of Data Exposed welcomes back Bob Ward and newcomer Bob Dorr to the show. Bob Ward, Principle PM Architect in the SQL Server group, and Bob Dorr, Principle Software Engineer in the…

In this episode of Data Exposed Scott welcomes Rashim Gupta to the show. Rashim, a Senior Program Manager in the SQL Server Big Data group is in the studio today to show us how to query JSON in Hadoop…

In this special episode of Data Exposed we welcome Rohan Kumar to make the exciting announcement that SQL Server 2016 is generally available as of today! In this brief but exciting 10 minute video,…

Today's episode of Data Exposed Scott welcomes to the show Joshua Klahr, VP Product at AtScale. AtScale bridges the gap between business users and their data by making Business Intelligence on top of…

In this episode of Data Exposed Scott welcomes to the show Casey Karst, a Program Manager in the SQL Server group, to talk about PolyBase scale-out groups in SQL Server 2016. Building on this show…

In this episode of Data Exposed Scott welcomes to the show Jovan Popovic to the show, Program Managers in the SQL Server group. Today Jovan is in the studio all the way from the Microsoft offices in…

In today's episode of Data Exposed, Scott welcomes Andrew Brust to the show. Andrew is Senior Director of Market Strategy and Intelligence at Datameer, whose product turns HDInsight into a…