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Microsoft Engineering loves SQLBits

SQL Server According to Bob

Microsoft engineering is actually sending quite a few folks over the Atlantic to come talk about SQL Server 2017, SQL Server on Linux, GDPR, Performance, Security, Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, and Azure CosmosDB. SELECT * FROM Azure Cosmos DB – Andrew Liu. Saturday Sessions.

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Experiences with approximating queries in Microsoft’s production big-data clusters

The Morning Paper

I’ve been excited about the potential for approximate query processing in analytic clusters for some time, and this paper describes its use at scale in production. In total, the clusters store a few exabytes of data and are primarily responsible for all of the batch analytics at Microsoft. VLDB’19. Approximate query support.

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Don’t Sink Your Website With Third Parties

Smashing Magazine

These services use requests to external hosts (not servers you control) to deliver JavaScript framework libraries, custom fonts, advertising content, marketing analytics trackers, and more. The third-party in this case is someone (usually another commercial enterprise) other than you and your site visitors.

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