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Microsoft's relational database management system that uses T-SQL. Its engine also underpins Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance.
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| Wikipedia | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SQL_Server |
2025-11-03 · Video on YouTube
people often hear the words sql and t-sql thrown around as if they’re interchangeable, and for a while they feel like they are. you write a query, you get your results, and everything seems straightforward. but the deeper you go into database work, the more…
2025-11-05 · Video on YouTube
Power BI is lying to you. Those neat, orderly “Applied Steps” you trust are a façade. Power Query is secretly rearranging, deferring, collapsing and sometimes ignoring the way you wrote your transform steps — which is why your filters don’t filter, your…
2026-06-08 · Video on YouTube
The explosion of AI-powered applications has created a new challenge: how do you efficiently search through billions of vector embeddings without exploding infrastructure costs? In this episode, we explore the “billion-vector problem” and compare two leading…
2026-08-09
As Azure environments grow, per-VM managed disks lead to paying for idle performance while busy workloads hit limits. This episode helps cloud architects and database teams understand Azure Elastic SAN, its building blocks and shared performance model, and…
2026-07-16 · Video on YouTube
Azure Arc extends Azure's management, security, and governance capabilities beyond the Azure cloud, allowing you to manage servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, and other resources running on-premises, at the edge, or in other cloud providers from a single…
2025-11-03 · Video on YouTube
In this episode, we dive into how R and SQL Server work together to create a powerful data analytics workflow. You’ll learn why SQL Server excels at storing, organizing, and retrieving large datasets, while R specializes in statistical analysis…
2026-10-28 · Video on YouTube
Running your own database server means patching, backups and late-night failovers. This beginner-friendly episode explains Azure SQL Database: how the DTU and vCore models differ, which tier to pick, when elastic pools and serverless save money, and how…
2026-08-17 · Video on YouTube
Most teams still treat Azure SQL as passive storage behind the application. In this interview, Dirceu Resende shows data engineers and architects how Azure SQL Database can call REST APIs, automate workflows and support AI with vector search. You learn where…
2026-08-03 · Video on YouTube
Many Excel users want to build apps but think they first need to learn a programming language. This Simply Explained episode shows beginners and citizen developers how Power Fx brings the familiar formula mindset into Power Apps, from properties and button…
2026-07-23 · Video on YouTube
Many people treat Microsoft Fabric's data warehouse as just another SQL database and miss what makes it different. This episode explains for beginners and data professionals how Fabric Warehouse works on OneLake, which features like time travel, cloning and…
2026-07-13 · Video on YouTube
Data Analysis Expressions, better known as DAX, is the calculation language that powers Microsoft Power BI, Excel Power Pivot, and SQL Server Analysis Services. In this episode of the M365 FM Podcast, Mirko Peters explains DAX in plain English and shows why…
2025-11-03 · Video on YouTube
This episode explains how to dramatically improve Entity Framework performance using practical, proven techniques. It highlights common mistakes that slow systems down and shows exactly how to fix them. You’ll hear real examples of EF performance failures…
SQL is the standard language all relational databases share, while T-SQL is Microsoft's extension used with SQL Server and Azure SQL. T-SQL adds procedural features such as IF...ELSE, WHILE and TRY...CATCH. · From the episode: SQL vs T-SQL: Key Differences for Microsoft…
They matter once you work with Microsoft SQL Server or Azure SQL, where T-SQL becomes its own world. Knowing them is the key to building things that are faster, safer and smarter. · From the episode: SQL vs T-SQL: Key Differences for Microsoft…
SQL Server stores and retrieves large datasets, and R performs statistical analysis, visualization and machine learning on them. Together they streamline workflows and avoid duplicating effort. · From the episode: Stop R Freezing on Millions of SQL Server Rows
Analytics run where the data lives, so data does not move between systems. This improves security, reduces latency and decreases complexity, which makes statistics and disaster recovery easier. · From the episode: Stop R Freezing on Millions of SQL Server Rows
Running SQL queries from R, analyzing SQL Server data with R's statistical packages, and creating visualizations or predictive models based on SQL data. · From the episode: Stop R Freezing on Millions of SQL Server Rows
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