The new and refreshing Azure Data Factory home page

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...

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...

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 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...

Rerun Pipeline activities in ADF! As of today you can rerun or partially, yes you’re reading it correct partially, rerun you Azure Data Factory pipeline.Where you previously had to run the entire Pipeline again, you can now run a part of the Pipeline. This can save a...

Azure Synapse Analytics  Insights for all Azure Synapse provides a breathtaking view of your data across data warehouses and big data analytics systems. Bringing these two worlds together into a single service is challenging as it requires unifying similar...

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...

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...

Retiring and new exams and certifications as of June 30 2020 A lot of Exams and certifications for Data Platform and Data Analytics are retiring on June 30 2020. All retired Exams and certifications will remain eligible for competency attainment and renewal until June...

Azure Purview Ignite 2021 AnnoucementPricing This week the Azure Purview announced that they will extend the Azure Purview offer to provision 4 Capacity Units of the Data Map for free till May 31, 2021! Charging will start on June 1, 2021. Great news for customer who...