We talk a lot about data in the data world – imagine that! Sometimes, we talk about data at rest, but when do we all rest? Do we even rest as much as our data does? There is some idea that you need to work…
Month: July 2024
We are trying to get apps and users off of using SQL accounts to access the Azure SQL DBs where I work. To make our lives easier, we are implementing managed identities. Benefits of Using Managed Identities and Entra Groups Creating a Managed Identity Navigate…
I did a couple of other posts on Elastic Jobs. But now I want to set them up with Terraform. This aligns with how we create infrastructure where I work. TL;DR check out my Github Repo. Creating Prerequisites If you aren’t familiar with Terraform and…
I love QuickieStore, but I wanted some columns to be at the front end of the results returned. Namely, I wanted top_waits, query_sql_text, and query_plan right after database name. This way I don’t have to scroll over to see those values. You can get a…
After a data migration, we needed to decommission the old Azure SQL DBs, but we wanted to keep a copy in case we needed anything later. Enter exporting an Azure SQL DB to storage! Updated with new info I discovered as part of the export…