Anna Hoffman
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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What is exciting in Flexible Server for PostgreSQL on Azure
Flexible Server is a new, next-generation option in the Azure Database for PostgreSQL managed service. Hosted on Linux OS, Flexible Server delivers superior out-of-box performance, zone resilient HA, → Read More
Using Azure Synapse Serverless Pools for Data Engineering
Data engineering is one of the most involved, dull, and repetitive tasks in the data industry today. Bringing up the subject is a sure way to instantly clear the room at a party or make your friends g → Read More
Automating Diagnostic Notebooks with Azure Serverless Architecture
Did you know that Jupyter Notebooks can be automated? Join this episode with Julie Koesmarno to see an example of how you can use automate diagnostic notebooks automatically executed as an issue is as → Read More
Notebook Views in Azure Data Studio
In this episode of Data Exposed with Julie Koesmarno, we will give you a sneak peek of what's new in Azure Data Studio. In this demo, Notebook view simplifies the workflow for your notebook consumers. → Read More
Migrating to SQL: Introduction to Database Schema Conversion Toolkit (DSCT) (Ep. 9)
Looking for a cross-platform Oracle schema conversion solution? Join Alexandra Ciortea, Alexander Ivanov, and Anna Hoffman to learn about the new experience we are building in Azure Data Studio. This → Read More
How to find the right Azure SQL SKU for your SQL workloads
Are you looking to modernize your on-premises databases to Azure SQL? Join Alexandra Ciortea, Raymond Truong, Wenjing Wang, and Anna Hoffman to understand how you can size your Azure SQL target accord → Read More
SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances in Azure
In this episode of Data Exposed: MVP Edition, Javier Villegas will describe the concept of SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI) covering how we can use them for High Availability purposes using → Read More
New Microsoft Learn Modules: Azure SQL IoT and Azure Arc-enabled data services
Looking for the next Microsoft Learn modules to complete? Bob Ward, Buck Woody, and Anna Hoffman give you a run-down of Microsoft Learn, the learning paths they've launched, and the two new Microsoft → Read More
How to Use Citus to Shard Postgres, for Performance & Scale
If you're looking to scale your Postgres database, the Citus open-source extension to Postgres makes sharding simple. And Citus is available on Azure as a managed service, too. Join Claire Giordano on → Read More
Azure SQL VM: Using PerfInsights to Evaluate Resource Health and Troubleshoot (Ep. 5)
It is important to ensure that your Azure Virtual Machine is meeting the performance and stability standards you have established in your organization. PerfInsights can help identify and report on you → Read More
Managing SQL Server Agent Jobs with Notebook Jobs in Azure Data Studio
As database professionals, we all know how to manage SQL Server Agent jobs using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), TSQL, and PowerShell. With Azure Data Studio and SQL Server Agent extension, we ha → Read More
Migrating to SQL: New Conversion Reports in SSMA (Ep. 7)
Reports have never looked so great! The new features in SQL Server Migration Assistant help you easily identify automatically converted objects and estimate the effort associated with manually convert → Read More
Azure SQL VM: Get the best price-performance for your SQL Server workloads on Azure VM
When migrating your SQL Server workloads to Azure VM, there are literally hundreds of different VM sizes to choose from. Hopefully, you've seen our videos on sizing so you have an idea of the methodol → Read More
Azure SQL VM: Use Azure Monitor Metrics to Track VM Cache Health (Ep. 3)
Azure Monitor is a technology used to collect telemetry data from your Azure and on-premises environments. You can use Azure Monitor to improve performance and support the stability of your applicati → Read More
Azure SQL VM: Automate Management with the SQL Server IaaS Agent extension (Ep. 2)
In part two of this seven-part VM series, learn how to easily manage your Azure SQL virtual machines using the SQL IaaS Agent Extension with Pam Lahoud. Whether you are using an Azure Marketplace imag → Read More
Azure SQL VM: Caching and Storage Capping (Ep. 1)
Optimizing Virtual Machine storage is one of the most critical areas to focus on when architecting for performance with SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (VM). Virtual machines have input/output op → Read More
Scale Out Your Databases with Azure SQL Hyperscale Named Replicas
In this episode of Data Exposed with Davide Mauri, get an overview of the newly released feature for Azure SQL Hyperscale Database: Named replicas. Named replicas allow for incredible scalability, giv → Read More
Using SQL Data Sync for Bidirectional Data Replication in SQL Server and Azure SQL DBs
SQL Data Sync lets you synchronize the data you select bi-directionally across multiple databases, both on-premises and in the cloud. In this Data Exposed episode with Mara-Florina Steiu, we will cove → Read More
Five Practical Tips to Limitless Data Integration Using Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory (ADF) is a fully managed, easy-to-use, serverless data integration solution to ingest all your on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud data In this episode with Wee Hyong Tok, you will → Read More
Track and Record Data Changes with Change Data Capture (CDC) in Azure SQL
Change data capture (CDC) records insert, update, and delete activity that applies to tables in SQL Server, Azure SQL Managed Instance or Azure SQL Databases. In this Data Exposed episode with Mara-Fl → Read More