Technologies

Manvendra Singh
Enable Global data distribution

Enable Global Distribution to replicate data across regions in Azure Cosmos DB

November 2, 2022 by

This article will explain about Global Distribution feature of Azure Cosmos DB and how to enable it to distribute data across regions. Azure Cosmos DB is developed to address modern application requirements in this digital era. There are different requirements to run web-based or online internet-facing applications smoothly. You need to cater enormous amount of data that can generate with very high velocity and this will cause huge numbers of read and write operations on the database. Your database needs to be responsive and quickly show the updated details for other customers. You might also need to address autoscale which will be used to address unpredictable workload during any discount offer, or festive seasons. These modern days applications must also develop in a way so that if you need to add another location to expand your business to the different regions so you don’t need to do many changes and it could be easily adjusted to expand the application for other regions.

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Manvendra Singh
Data Explorer page

Access Azure Cosmos DB using Data Explorer

November 1, 2022 by

This article will explore an overview of Data explorer and how to access and manage Azure Cosmos DB using Data Explorer. Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed, highly secure, and globally distributed NoSQL database that is designed for new-age modern application development. As this is fully managed so you don’t need administrators to manage its maintenance, patching, upgrades, capacity, and space management, auto-scaling in case of workload increase, etc. It is suitable for modern digital applications like online portals based on video streaming, gaming, Internet of things applications, online retail websites, etc.

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Nisarg Upadhyay
Save SSIS Package

Copy SQL Databases between Windows 10 and CentOS using the SQL Server import-export wizard

September 21, 2022 by

In this article, we will learn how we can backup and restore the SQL Database in CentOS. This article is the third article on the topic Manage SQL Server on CentOS. In my previous article, we learned how to copy data SQL database between windows 10 and CentOS Linux using SQL Server management studio.

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Manvendra Singh
Check cosmos DB backup policy

Understanding Azure Cosmos DB backup options

September 9, 2022 by

This article will explore backup options available in the Azure Cosmos DB service. Backups are very important to safeguard our data in case of data corruption, data deletion, system failure, or any unforeseen circumstances like DR. We have planned, configured, and managed it for our on-prem databases whether it is SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, or system files on various machines. DBAs and Infrastructure admins have ensured to keep a backup of all these systems to safeguard their data. Similarly, we must also secure our data hosted in a cloud environment for any services whether it is Azure VMs, Azure SQL, Cosmos Db accounts, or any other services. Today we will talk about backup options available to secure cosmos DB databases and their contents.

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Manvendra Singh
Save and update Periodic backup configuration

How to configure periodic backup for an Azure Cosmos DB account

September 7, 2022 by

This article will talk about the periodic backup policy of the Azure Cosmos DB service offered by Azure cloud. I have already explained the backup options available for Cosmos DB in my last article. I would recommend you read it by accessing the attached link “Understanding Azure Cosmos DB backups” to understand the backup policies of Azure Cosmos DB. Today, I am going to explain one of the backup options Periodic backup, and steps about how to configure it for a cosmos DB account.

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Aveek Das
Running the PgAdmin4 web application

Getting started with PostgreSQL on Docker

August 12, 2022 by

In this article, we will learn how to get started using PostgreSQL on Docker. PostgreSQL is one of the most popular open-source databases that is being used by a lot of developers. It is highly stable and has a large community that maintains and supports the database development lifecycle. PostgreSQL can be installed on any operating system like Windows, macOS, and Linux. With the rise in containerization technologies, PostgreSQL can now also be installed using Docker.

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Nisarg Upadhyay
Data from Remote PostgreSQL server

Understanding the OPENQUERY function in SQL Server

June 24, 2022 by

In this article, we are going to learn about the OPENQUERY function. It is used to run an ad-hoc distributed query on the remote data source using the linked server. There are various ways to query the remote data source. You can read this article, Querying remote data sources in SQL Server, to learn more about querying the remote data source. It is also used to execute pass-through queries to run INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statements on the tables of the database configured in the linked server.

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Nisarg Upadhyay
Drop temp table: run stored procedure

Drop temp tables in PostgreSQL

March 22, 2022 by

In this article, we are going to learn how we can drop the temp table in PostgreSQL. The temp table is used to store data temporarily. Suppose you want to format or manipulate the data using aggregate and string functions. So instead of processing and formatting the data in the base table, it is preferred to populate data from the base table and store it in a temporary table. You can process and format the data stored in a temporary table. The syntax to create a temporary table and regular table are the same. You can add indexes, constraints, statistics to the temporary tables. In this article, we are going to learn the following topics:

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