Oracle and Cloud Wars
I just finished an interview with a friend for a blog post where he was surprised how differently I was
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Making Technology Bulletproof
Going Old School with Optimization Parameters in Oracle 19c
I had an interesting opportunity with a complex Oracle environment that exemplified the challenges of technical debt and dependency on
Read MoreThree Years at Microsoft
Three years ago today, I walked into Microsoft HQ in Redmond, WA and started my journey with onboarding. After a
Read MoreWITDC Mental Health and Wellness Day- May 7th
I’ll be speaking along with a slew of fantastic other presenters on mental health and wellness as part of the
Read MoreHammerDB CLI for Oracle on Azure
Disclaimer: I’m not a big fan of benchmark data. I find it doesn’t provide us as much value in the
Read MoreMigrating Oracle Exadata Workloads to Azure- Storage Indexes
I’m about simplifying anything for customers as we bring over complex environments into Azure and Oracle databases running on Exadata
Read MoreAzure IO Performance for the RDBMS DBA- Part I
With my upcoming session on “Migrating Oracle Workloads to Azure IaaS” this week at PASS Virtual Summit 2020, I wanted
Read MoreWhy a One-Week Report for AWR Sizing in Azure
It’s not uncommon for different recommended practices to arise in technical sizing and optimization practices. For many, it’s a compromise
Read More2020 PASS Summit and the Azure SQL Championship
I barely have enough time to breathe let along blog these days, but lucky for me, I am taking some
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Prepping an Oracle Database for a Cloud Migration
There’s so much I need to get written down these days, but there’s only so many hours in a day
Read MoreWhy Good Intentions + WIT + D&I = FAIL
In two hours I am honored to be the guest of the CSME Women’s Book Club event at Microsoft to
Read MoreTwo Years at Microsoft
This is commonly the time at any company I discuss how I’m about to move on… Nope, not planning on
Read MoreOracle on Azure- Sizing vs. Optimizing
As the flood gates open up on Oracle for Azure IaaS, working in an efficient manner has become a necessity.
Read MoreThe Unsung Hero Support of WFH, Our Pets
A week ago, Friday was my 13 year-old Cattle Dog/Jack Russell mix, DaVinci’s time to go to doggo heaven. He
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World Backup Day- Backing up an Oracle Database using RMAN to Azure Blob Storage
A DBA is only as good as their last backup…or more so, their last recovery. To celebrate #WorldBackupDay on Twitter,
Read MoreCreate a Simple Oracle VM on Azure IaaS
Use the following shell script to create your Oracle VM. I chose the following parameters to create mine: Using Azure
Read MoreLocating Oracle Enterprise Linux Images for Azure
Just like with other UI’s, the Azure portal may not show you the wealth of offerings that can be found
Read MoreThe Layman’s Term Guide to AWR for Microsoft- Part I
As often as I use the Automatic Workload Repository(AWR) data in my day-to-day job at Microsoft, I think most can
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