WinbuzzerFeb 19

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/19/ice-azure-data-usage-triples-microsoft-surveillance-xcxwbn/

ICE Triples Azure Usage to 1,400TB Using Microsoft's AI Surveillance Tools

#AI #ICE #Microsoft #MicrosoftAzure #Azure #AzureAI #BigTech #CloudComputing #Cloud #Surveillance #Immigration #AzureData

Bob PusateriMar 10, 2023
Reading: Event exceeds the number of allowable bound actions - https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/jonathan/event-exceeds-the-number-of-allowable-bound-actions/ #AzureData #SQLServer
Event exceeds the number of allowable bound actions - Jonathan Kehayias

Did you know that there is a limit to the number of actions you can add to a single event in Extended Events? While I was playing around with Trace Flag 9708 for my previous blog post, one of the things I wanted to try to see was whether it would be easy to determine […]

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Bob PusateriMar 9, 2023
Reading: H&R Block’s blockbuster data strategy - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/hr-block-s-blockbuster-data-strategy/ #AzureData #SQLServer
H&R Block’s blockbuster data strategy

Modernizing its data platform helped the tax-prep giant unleash innovations that have positioned the company for the future.

Bob PusateriMar 8, 2023
Reading: Save the Date for #Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2023! - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/save-the-date-for-azure-cosmos-db-conf-2023/ #AzureData #CosmosDB
Save the Date for Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2023! - Azure Cosmos DB Blog

  Overview  Save the date and get ready for Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2023! Azure Cosmos DB Conf is a FREE virtual developer event happening on March 28th, 2023, organized by Microsoft with support from the greater Azure Cosmos DB community.

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Bob PusateriMar 7, 2023
Reading: What's new in Azure Data & AI: #Azure is the best place to build and run AI workloads - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/whats-new-in-azure-data-ai-azure-is-best-place-to-build-and-run-ai-workloads/ #AzureData
What's new in Azure Data & AI: Azure is the best place to build and run AI workloads

Bringing together purpose-built AI infrastructure and managed data and AI services into one environment streamlines management and automation, often reducing the complexity of building, training, and bringing AI models into production.

Bob PusateriMar 3, 2023
Reading: VBS enclaves for Always Encrypted in #Azure SQL Database – preview - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/vbs-enclaves-for-always-encrypted-in-azure-sql-database-preview/ba-p/3725526 #AzureData #AzureSQL
VBS enclaves for Always Encrypted in Azure SQL Database – preview

Support for virtualization-based security (VBS) enclaves in Azure SQL Database is a new addition to the Always Encrypted feature family. It brings the benefits of secure enclaves – rich confidential queries and in-place cryptographic operations - to all Azure SQL Database offerings, independent from...

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Bob PusateriMar 1, 2023
Reading: Quick tips: How to do more with less in Azure SQL Managed Instance - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/quick-tips-how-to-do-more-with-less-in-azure-sql-managed/ba-p/3733435 #AzureData #AzureSQL
Quick tips: How to do more with less in Azure SQL Managed Instance

In times of uncertainty and economic downturn, one of the natural moves of individuals and organizations is cutting down their spending. The main question that arises is how to do more with less. In this article we are going to cover a couple of available options that can help in reducing the costs ...

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Bob PusateriFeb 28, 2023
Reading: SQL Server 2022: Measuring Extended Events Performance Impacts - https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/jonathan/sql-server-2022-measuring-extended-events-performance-impacts/ #AzureData #SQLServer
SQL Server 2022: Measuring Extended Events Performance Impacts - Jonathan Kehayias

Find out whether Extended Events sessions are negatively affecting performance on SQL Server 2022 quick and easy.

Jonathan Kehayias
Bob PusateriFeb 27, 2023
Reading: Easily migrate SQL Server applications to the cloud with #Azure - https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2023/02/15/easily-migrate-sql-server-applications-to-the-cloud-with-azure/ #AzureData #SQLServer
Easily migrate SQL Server applications to the cloud with Azure - Microsoft SQL Server Blog

Microsoft Azure knows SQL Server best and will support your cloud migration at no cost for qualifying scenarios.

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Bob PusateriFeb 24, 2023
Reading: The 20th Anniversary of the SQL Slammer Worm - https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2023/01/the-20th-anniversary-of-the-sql-slammer-worm/ #AzureData #SQLServer
The 20th Anniversary of the SQL Slammer Worm - Brent Ozar Unlimited®

Twenty years ago this month (next Wednesday to be exact), sysadmins and database administrators started noticing extremely high network traffic related to problems with their SQL Servers. The SQL Slammer worm was infecting Microsoft SQL Servers. Microsoft had known about it and patched the problem 6 months earlier, but people just weren’t patching SQL Server. There...

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