Niko Neugebauer

Columnstore Indexes – part 132 (“What’s missing in Columnstore indexes in the year 2026”) Continuation from the previous 131 parts, the whole series can be found at After spending some time thinking about the best way to come back to writing about Columnstore Indexes, after 5 and half y…

[blog] Columnstore Indexes – part 132 ("What's missing in Columnstore indexes in the year 2026"):
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#sqlserver #columnstore #azuresql #wishlist

Columnstore I am deeply fascinated by the Columnstore Indexes, and I have open some Connect Items to suggest their important improvements: – Implement Batch Mode Support for Row Store – Multi-threaded rebuilds…

Just wrote "Continuation from the previous 131 parts, the whole series can be found at www.nikoport.com/columnstore/...

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Working on my #Columnstiore session for the #datasaturday Madrid ... I feel like I have an easy 20-25 blog posts to write and I have quite a lot to say ... so yeah ...

Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew S. Grove: 9780385483827 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Andy Grove, founder and former CEO of Intel shares his strategy for success as he takes the reader deep inside the workings of a major company in Only the Paranoid Survive. Under Andy Grove's leader...

I have heard about that book for years and just finished it - and what a treat! Highly recommended - "Only the paranoid survive" by Andy Grove. Feels so relevant today
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Will be presenting in around a month at #DataSaturdayMadrid 2025. The topic is the Columnstore and I will do my best to deliver the session in Spanish
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Thank you!

3rd week on the new gig - off for a first business trip, to Madrid.

Same here. Keep up the spirit of challenging the status quo.

If you have kids/grandkids/kids you are involved with, here's a tip:

Teach them *how* to learn, how memory works, and how to take notes. I'm finding a lot of schools are not teaching these basics, and I'm having to re-teach that in my college classes.

Thank you - let’s see if the wind will be favorable for our paths to cross in the future!

Danke dir, Klaus!

Thank you my friend. You were one of the great people who cared deeply about the customer impact and the company owes you more than most can imagine.

:)

Thank you Glenn!

Thank you, Anthony!

Thank you, Reitse!

Thank you

Thank you!

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Last night I have returned my badge.
From Monday on, I am no longer an employee of Microsoft.
I am grateful for the experience - for the good, the bad and the ugly.
Onwards & upwards!

YouTube video by Taylor Swift Taylor Swift - Robin (Official Lyric Video)

Long may you roar
At your dinosaurs
You're a just ruler
Covered in mud, you look ridiculous
And you have no idea
...
Way to go, tiger
Higher and higher
Wilder and lighter
For you
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Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter for June 2025 Editor's Note Welcome to the Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter. In this edition we are looking over previous months before June 2025, sharing some of the latest service updates & materials that ca...

[newsletter] Happy to share with you the very last Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter. Paul Popovich Jr and I have had a great pleasure of sharing with you the news of the product.
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Free SQL Managed Instance offer is now generally available Try Azure SQL Managed Instance for FREE now! Get a SQL Managed Instance free for up to 12 months, supporting up to 100 databases.

[announcement] The free offer of Azure SQL Managed Instance is now Generally Available by Strahinja Rodic. Learn more at: aka.ms/sqlmi-free:
#azuresql #freesql

SQL Server 2022 CU19

New blog post: SQL Server 2022 CU19

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#SQLServer2022 #SQLServer

Going to be a lot of good content from moi on @redmondit.bsky.social next week. Stay tuned.

Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter for May 2025 Editor's Note Welcome to the Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter. In this edition we are looking over previous months before May 2025, sharing some of the latest service updates & materials that can...

[newsletter] Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter to accompany the month of May 2025:
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Elastic Pools SKU recommendations in DMS Automation - Azure Powershell and CLI | Microsoft Community Hub We are excited to announce the addition of Azure SQL Database Elastic Pools (Elastic Pools) SKU recommendation in Azure Data Migration Service (DMS)...

A significant milestone - enabling customers to migrate to #AzureSQL while ensuring gr8 price / perf. Using elastic pools for migrations ensures both isolation (security) of different workloads, and resource pooling. Read Ajith's blog post for details!

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Dear recruiters - some of the best people in Microsoft have been laid off (some of whom were top performers), here is your chance to grab them.
Be fast, cause supply is limited. 😃

[Feedback Needed] I invite customers engaged in Database Administrator… | Niko Carvalho Neugebauer [Feedback Needed] I invite customers engaged in Database Administrator tasks using Azure SQL (SQL Server on Azure VMs, Azure SQL Database, or Azure SQL Managed…

[Feedback Needed] I invite customers engaged in Database Administrator tasks using Azure SQL (SQL Server on Azure VMs, Azure SQL Database, or Azure SQL Managed Instance) to provide feedback regarding their access to the Azure Platform:
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#azuresql

[observation] The key 5 sources of #AzureSQL monitoring information are: Activity Log, Resource Health, Metrics, Diagnostic Logs & Azure Advisor. If you are collecting their information - you are largely covering the most important space.
#azuresql #sqldb #sqlvm #sqlmi