Schema change is inevitable. We do not get everything right the first time, and even when we do, the world around the database keeps changing. Requirements mature, products evolve, and assumptions that made sense years ago eventually stop matching reality. Businesses change too. We acquire companies, merge with other customers and systems, enter new markets, […]
Advocating for Uptime: The 6 Phases of Change Continue Reading
The following is a list of Active Directory Domain Services modules on Microsoft Learn sorted from introductory to advanced. Is there an Active Directory topic that isn’t listed here that you’d like to see covered? (AD CS modules are coming). If you know all this, remember we have the free 45 minute practical Active Directory
Active Directory Domain Services modules on Microsoft Learn Continue Reading
When you need to move an entire database or move the objects in a database, bacpac and dacpac files often come up because of all of the tooling options to interact with them. Bacpac and dacpac files share some core similarities as well as some major differences in how they’re used in SqlPackage and other
Bacpac and Dacpac, the similarities and differences Continue Reading
If you administer Windows, you’re already aware of Windows Firewall. You might use it to allow an application, open a port, or block unwanted inbound traffic. But those familiar tasks only scratch the surface of what it can do. The Microsoft Learn module Understand advanced Windows Firewall takes you beyond basic rules and introduces Windows
Bob Ward and I recently released a series of videos, read more in the original blog post or go directly to the series on YouTube. The Azure SQL Database Foundations series are four videos that take you from your first Hyperscale database to AI features running against your own operational data. We also included how to assess
New Azure SQL Foundations video series with GitHub samples Continue Reading
Building an agent shouldn’t require you to reinvent platform capabilities. With Microsoft Foundry, hosted agents inherit essential capabilities such as authentication, ingress management, A2A transport, and discovery endpoints, freeing developers to focus on business logic and user value. This article demonstrates the quickest route from a local containerized agent to a fully discoverable A2A endpoint
Enabling A2A endpoint and Agent Card for a Hosted Agent Continue Reading
If you’ve been building local prototypes, internal tools, web backends, or lightweight services on SQL Server Express, you know the routine: it’s free, familiar, and gets the job done – until you hit hardware limits or spend weekends manual backup scripts and handling OS patches. Learn how to upgrade from SQL Server Express to Azure
Outgrowing SQL Server Express? Upgrade to Azure SQL Database Free Tier in 3 Steps Continue Reading
The AI agent has moved from pilot project to production faster than most security programs were built to handle. Every AI agent you deploy is now a security problem before it is a productivity win. This Microsoft Agent 365 security deep dive breaks down exactly how the platform observes, governs, and secures agents in your
As app developers, our primary focus is building great user experiences, designing APIs, and shipping features quickly. What we don’t want is database friction—wasting hours configuring local DB instances, writing verbose migration scripts by hand, or worrying about unexpected cloud bills while prototyping. Today, we are making database development fast, intelligent, and completely free. By
Build Locally, Ship to Cloud for $0: Azure SQL for Modern App Developers Continue Reading
The setup You’ve built the deployment the enterprise architecture review asked for. Nothing touches the public internet. Your Microsoft Foundry resource is private — public network access disabled, a private endpoint fronting it inside your virtual network. Every resource the agent depends on is locked down the same way: Azure AI Search — private endpoint,
