Migrating Oracle Exadata Workloads to Azure
I know, I know- there’s a number of you out there thinking- I’m being brought in on more and more
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Making Technology Bulletproof
Author: Kellyn
Oracle and the Future
We’ll start with a disclaimer here- this is my experience and my opinion. NO ONE ELSE’S, just as any link
Read MoreThe 2019 Year in Review
It’s that time of year where everyone is doing a “Year in Review” post and why not? It’s good to
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ADHD and Certification Tests- A Tale of Disaster
I don’t talk too much about my Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, (ADHD) brain outside of the occasional squirrel joke and
Read MoreTools To Monitor and Work with Oracle on Azure
I’ve been studying for over a week for my certs. It really is a challenge for my ADHD brain, as
Read MoreInstalling Microsoft SQL Server 2019 on Linux, Part II
This is a 2-part blog post, the first in the series can be found on the Microsoft SQL Server blog
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Securing Data in Power BI- an Interactive Diagram
I haven’t been very good at sharing my analytics work as often I feel others are more skilled in this
Read MoreFailed Installation of MSSQL-CLI on Ubuntu
So you want to run mssql-cli on Ubuntu Linux, but you received a number of errors and even if you
Read MorePASS Summit 2nd Day Keynote
Woohoo, we’ve made it to the second day of PASS Summit! After an awesome first day running from the keynote,
Read MoreBacon, Bloggin’ and First Day Keynote at PASS Summit 2019!
After a flurry of release announcements at MSIgnite this week, it was time to talk about the technology at a
Read MoreMy PASS Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 6th Recommendations from DBAKevlar!
I thought I would share the recommendations for the next day that I’m excited about this year at PASS Summit
Read MorePASS Summit 2019 is NEXT WEEK!
I’m getting ready for SQL Saturday Oregon this weekend, (taking the train up from Eugene to Portland…) but its about
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The Complexity Defense and Other DBA Crimes
No matter how far my career and role has shifted, I will always view myself as a database administrator. I
Read MoreChanging Your Bash Shell Prompt and Colors
I enjoyed the opportunity to test out my PASS Summit shell scripting session at SQL Saturday Denver. It was the
Read MoreOctober 2nd, #SQLSatOregon in Portland and the #SQLTrain!
I’m still not sure where October went….well, actually I do- it was a flurry of travel, writing, (but not blogging!)
Read MoreOracle on Azure- Options, Options, Options
I’ve been very busy allocating 60% of my time towards Oracle on Azure migrations. The biggest challenge right now isn’t
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#24HOP and PASS Summit 2019
You know how busy I am by the amount of time I DON’T blog and yes, it’s been over a
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Azure VMs with Oracle- Next Steps
Microsoft has done a great job of documenting how to create a VM with the appropriate VM image and Oracle
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