Over the last few weeks I have done a lot of work with Apache Spark. You might be asking why I – as a relational database expert – concentrates on a Big Data technology? The answer is quite simple: beginning with SQL Server 2019, you have a complete Apache Spark ...

Running a SQL Server Virtual Machine on VMware vSphere is a quite simple, straightforward process. But how can you get the best possible performance out of your SQL Server VM? In this one-day long workshop we will look at the core resources used by SQL Server, and how you have ...

As we all know the Black Friday approaches quite fast, and therefore I want to offer you a great deal from my side. During this week I will offer you my available Online Trainings with a 60% (!) discounted price: Design, Deploy, and Optimize SQL Server on VMware SQL Server on ...

Every time when I talk about the benefits of Docker, I get the same question -over and over again: “How do you deal with persistent data in Docker Containers? When you remove the Docker Container, the generated data inside the Container is also lost, which is a no-go for a ...

It’s now a week ago, since Microsoft has finally released SQL Server 2019. Therefore, I’m running on December 9, 2019 an online training about Intelligent Query Processing in SQL Server 2017/2019. The Intelligent Query Processing feature family includes new functionalities that improve the performance of existing OLTP/OLAP workloads with almost ...