Backing up to Azure blob storage with SQL Server requires scoped SAS credentials, block blob targets, tested striping, and a real restore drill.
Connection Retry Logic for Cloud Databases
Connection retry logic handles transient cloud database faults through bounded backoff, safe transaction retries, and driver connection resiliency.
Azure SQL Database or Managed Instance
Azure SQL database or managed instance is a choice about compatibility, cross-database work, Agent, networking, and the cost of each service.
Running SQL Server on an Azure Virtual Machine
SQL Server on an Azure virtual machine keeps instance control while moving storage and hosting to Azure; learn disk, backup, and sizing checks.
Big Data Upgraded: The 2013 Series Rewritten for Today
Big Data Upgraded is the reading path for 23 articles, most of them first written in 2013, now rewritten for today’s tools. Most new platforms now build on Spark, Parquet, open table formats and change data capture. Here is the whole set in reading order, with one line on each.
Batch vs Stream Processing: When Data Cannot Wait
Batch vs Stream Processing is a choice about how long an answer can wait. This post compares an hourly batch job with a 5-minute stream window on the same six orders, covers the cost of real time and shows how to choose.
Open Table Formats: Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg Explained
Open Table Formats turn a folder of Parquet files into a real table with transactions, history and safe schema changes. This post shows how Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg do it with a metadata layer, how a commit stays atomic, and what time travel means.