If you want to get a free copy of the Index, Table of Contents and of Chapter 1, have a look here. Click on the READ AN EXCERPT dropdown and then select the one you would like to review. Figure 1 illustrates how that looks like. Figure 1, how to get a free PDF copy […]
Read More →I am proud to announce the publication of my newest book titled, “Microsoft Certified Associate Data Engineer Study Guide” for the DP-203 exam. The example data used in this book consists of my brainwaves. You can download the data and the source code for all the examples in the book on GitHub here . ADLS, […]
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I wrote this article which is what helped me progress forward with this. External Apache Hive metastore, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL I am following these instructions. Here is the kicker, which is likely something most people may already know, but in order to make this configuration the Hive Metastore must already exist on the Azure […]
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I was following this documentation and had some experiences I wanted to document. I wanted to accomplish this. Figure 1, External Apache Hive metastore using Azure Databricks and Azure SQL Figure 2, External Apache Hive metastore using Azure Databricks and Azure SQL The cluster version I used was the most current one. Figure 3, Azure […]
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If you want to get a free copy of the Index, Table of Contents and of Chapter 1, have a look here. Click on the READ AN EXCERPT dropdown and then select the one you would like to review. Figure 1 illustrates how that looks like. Figure 1, how to get a free PDF copy […]
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I would like to proudly announce the release and availability of my new Azure Solution Architect Complete Study Guide. The book contains over 700 pages of material relating to the skills and knowledge required to become a great Azure Solution Architect. The book is designed around the requirements for passing both the AZ-303 and AZ-304 […]
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I am a fan of decoupling the different components of a transaction to the point where is makes sense. What does decoupling mean? When I first started coding and building IT solutions, I can’t say the idea of decoupling existed at all. When I created an order entry system using Active Server Pages (ASP) and […]
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I created a simple Azure Function and now I want to connect it to a database. Check out these other articles as well. How to create an Azure Function in Visual Studio Deploy an Azure Function created from Visual Studio Check out all my Azure Function articles here I found this article also useful “Code […]
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I not only support Azure Web Apps, formerly Azure Websites, but I use it too. I had a site that was getting the exception shown in Figure 1. The error was “Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to obtaining a connection from the pool. This may have occurred because all pooled connections were in […]
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