Azure Data Factory HackathonAround the clock During the event 'Around the clock Azure SQL and Azure Data Factory' event on Feb 3, 2021, they kicked-off the Azure Data Factory (ADF) Hackathon. Recording of this event can be found here.Winner I submitted a ADF Pipeline...

Yeah, my first blog is LIVEAfter a good talk with Reza Rad from RADACAD during SQLSatHolland, I decided to start my first blog!Knowledge sharing is very important, it gives me a lot of energy. But it also gives others people in the community energies to pick up new...

Calculate the Last DayToday I needed to calculate the last day of the previous month for a Customer.Ever heard from the function EOMONTH? Searching on the web I came across a function I never heard from before EOMONTH, this function can be used as of SQL Server 2012....

Parameterize Linked Services For my Azure Data Factory solution I wanted to Parameterize properties in my Linked Services. Not all properties are Parameterized by default through the UI. But there's another way to achieve this.    Linked Service Open your existing...

SQLBits 2023 Thanks everyone for visiting my session during SQLBits. It's great to see such a full room and that so many people have started using Microsoft Purview.  SLIDES The slides can be downloaded via the link below, so that you can view them again at...

New functionalities and featuresLast week, a number of great new functionalities and features were added within Azure Data Factory. I would like to take you in some details in the blog below:Customer key With this new functionality you can add extra security to your...

Goodbye 2020 Started to work for InSpark Last year was certainly an eventful year. Started with a new job at InSpark and after 10 weeks we all know what happened, the first intelligent lockdown. The Netherlands was partially locked, but our office was immediately...

Yeah, my first built website is LIVEThe last couple of weeks I've been working hard to design my website and finally the moment is there. My website live and I'm really proud.  Building my own website The last couple of weeks/months I've been working hard... to...

Maintenance and Service Healths in AzureI get often questions, is there no maintenance in Azure. Like every data center, the Azure data center also needs maintenance. You can even be notified when a specific service, in a specific data center, has scheduled...

Azure DevOpsMore and more users are starting with Azure DevOps. Azure DevOps can be used for up to 5 users free of charge and is therefore a great start to start a project.    Build and Release I will not describe what Azure DevOps can do, because that is too much to...