Also as I previously mentioned, we are moving. This weekend was a very seminal moment for me. On Friday after 4 delayed installation attempts the internet was installed in the new house. That can only mean one thing to me. Time to move the office. Once I move the office, I'm working there. So this weekend I packed up everything, moved it, and set up the office. From here on out I'm in the new house!
I'm really excited. While it will not show up on the videos, the ceilings are really high. I've had pictures, awards, mementos from over my career that have often been packed up in a closet. For the first time I have space to put it all out and it's really kinda awesome.
Lot's of feelings go into this move. The house we are leaving has been very good to us. This is where we all truly became the family we are today, went through some very difficult and painful moments, high school for both my boys, COVID, elementary school for my daughter, the kids started dating (something I'm still not sure I'm ready for), some brilliant wonderful happy moments, game nights, movies nights, movie premieres, and BBQ's.
Cheers to you old house, thanks for the memories.... and I hope we get some of our deposit back!
Ok Dear Reader, onto the content.
MONDAY 5-22-2023
On we released my latest video USE Azure Managed Identity to Backup Azure SQL Managed Instance to Blob Storage, NOT SAS Tokens!!
In this video I demo how easy it is and discuss why you should be using Managed Identity instead of SAS tokens to perform your Azure SQL Managed Instance COPY_ONLY backups. This was a lot of fun to make and a great video
WEDNESDAY 5-24-2023
On Wednesday Neeraj Jhaveri (Twitter | @neeraj_jhaveri) and I presented an Introduction to Microsoft FABRIC!! How to Enroll, How to Opt in, How to build a Data Warehouse!!
My love for Neeraj has never been a secret the man get's a big introduction on everyone of our Tuesday Azure Data Community Round Tables, and the fact that we got to break the news of Microsoft Fabric meant the fireworks were flying! We covered how you enroll, towards the end we covered how Power BI Admins make sure to opt into the preview, and I showed how to create a Data warehouse and ingest data!
THE PRE-SHOW
As if that wasn't enough the Tales from the Field team was all together myself, Neeraj, Josh Luedeman (Twitter| @JoshLuedeman), Andres Padilla (Twitter | @Nodestreamio), & Daniel Taylor (Twitter | @DBABulldog) were joined by Adam Saxton (Twitter | @AwSaxton) one half of the dynamic duo of Guy in a Cube(Twitter | @GuyinaCube), Kal Yella, and the wonderful Bradley Schacht (Twitter | @BradleySchacht) joined us to kick off the Microsoft Fabric Digital Event for Day 1, with the Microsoft Fabric Digital Event Pre-Show Day 1.
We started off by finding out that the Power BI CAT and Azure Synapse CSE Team were now the Fabric CAT Team! We discussed Day 1, feedback from customers, questions we had seen, and much more. You definitely want to check it out!
THURSDAY 5-25-2023
As if one extra live show was JUST NOT ENOUGH on Thursday we came back to do the Microsoft Fabric Digital Event Pre-Show Day 2. Adam Saxton, Kal Yella, and Bradley Schacht from the Microsoft Fabric CAT Team joined us.
We discussed the content from Day 1 of the Digital Event, what you could expect to see on Day 2, and we did DEMO'S!! Make sure to check this out!
TUESDAY 5-23-2023
On Tuesday we were eagerly awaiting the announcement of Microsoft Fabric on the Build Keynote during the pre-show. This was our first opportunity to talk about it publicly.
The star of these shows is, as always the content created by the Azure Data Community. Without further ado, here it is:
Honorable Mentions
• Microsoft Digital Event Pre-Show: Azure FastTrack, Power BI CAT, & Azure Synapse Analytics PG by Bradley Ball, featuring Adam Saxton & Bradley Schacht & Guy in Cube Twitter @SQLBalls, @BradleySchacht, & @GuyInACube
• Microsoft Build 2023 Book of News
Neeraj
• Using Azure DevOps with Synapse Workspaces to create hot fixes in production environments by Vytas Suopys Twitter @Vytas Suopys
Bradley
• How to take secure, on-demand backups on SQL Managed Instance by Zoran Rilak Twitter @zoranrilak
Andres
• Building Interactive Enterprise Grade Applications with Open AI and Microsoft Azure by Andrei Zaichikov
Josh
• Spreading your SQL Server wings with serverless SQL Pools by Kevin Chant Twitter @kevchant
Neeraj
• What Is Responsible AI? | Built In by Ellen Glover Twitter @BuiltIn
Bradley
• Junior Data Professionals The Key to Every Data Team's Success by Abhinav Jayanty + Taylor George
Andres
• How to deploy your AI model on Edge devices with Azure by René Bremer
Josh
• Azure SQL input binding for Azure Functions by Anuraj Parameswaran Twitter @anuraj
Neeraj
• Generative AI defined: How it works, benefits and dangers Generative AI defined: How it works, benefits and dangers (techrepublic.com) by Owen Hughes Twitter @owenrdhughes
Bradley
• Reflections on My First-Ever Presentation, Fifteen Years Later by Tim Mitchell Twitter @Tim_Mitchell
Andres
• An Overview of Microsoft Azure NLP Solutions by Lida Ghahremanlou Twitter @lida_ghr
Josh
• Using Docker on Windows with Persistent SQL Server Settings and Databases by Josephine Bush Twitter @hellosqlkitty
WRAP IT UP
No assignments this week Dear Reader as it is already Thursday. I will attempt to resume our normal cadence next Monday! My hope for you is take some time, rest, relax, and think of the fact that I'm moving the heavy stuff during the hot months in Florida. Then take an extra deep sip of that ice cold <insert beer, mixed drink, or non-alcoholic beverage of choice />.
Until next time Dear Reader and as always, Thank You for stopping by.
Thanks,
Brad
