SQL in Seattle – My PASS Summit 2016
This year was my first time at the PASS summit in Seattle. I’d of course been to plenty of other community events and conferences, but this was the big […] Continue Reading…
Creating Azure Data Factory Custom Activities
When creating an Azure Data Factory (ADF) solution you’ll quickly find that currently it’s connectors are pretty limited to just other Azure services and the T within ETL (Extract, […] Continue Reading…
My SQL Relay 2016
In 2015 I attended a SQL Relay day in Birmingham, as a humble attendee with a colleague. I sat on the edge of my seat in every session soaking up all I could from the […] Continue Reading…
Azure Stream Analytics Windowing Queries
Warning, this is going to be a dry post. Beer or water required before you continue reading.
For those that don’t already know Azure Stream Analytics is Microsoft’s cloud based […] Continue Reading…
Changing the Start Up App on Windows 10 IoT Core
Changing the start up application on your IoT device running Windows IoT Core seems to be a common requirement once the device is out in the field so I hope […] Continue Reading…
Installing Windows 10 IoT Core On Your Raspberry Pi
At a recent SQL Server User Group in Birmingham I presented an end to end IoT solution streaming data from sensors on a Raspberry Pi 3. What followed the talk […] Continue Reading…
Windows IoT UWP Tasks Tickers and Threading
Upon entering the IoT revolution a few things immediately became apparent;
We now had the ability to collect and handle more sensor data than we’d ever before possibly conceived.
These […] Continue Reading…
Azure Virual Machine CPU Cores Quota
Did you know that by default your Azure subscription has a limit on the number of CPU cores you can consume for virtual machines? Until recently I didn’t. Maybe […] Continue Reading…
Controlling Your Windows 10 IoT Core Device
If like me you have a several Raspberry Pi’s doing different things and running different operating systems controlling them can sometimes be a bit of a challenge, especially with […] Continue Reading…
SQL Battleships
When Battleships Met SQL Server, like Bailys meeting Coffee, but better.
Do you have an equal love of the classic two player board game Battleship and also SQL Server database […] Continue Reading…