InfoWorld

How to work with Dapper and SQLite in ASP.NET Core

When developing database-driven .NET and .NET Core, regardless of the database we intend to deploy in the end, we will often want to work with a database engine that is lightweight and fast, in order ...
InfoWorld

How to use EF Core query types in ASP.NET Core 7

Take advantage of query types in EF Core to query types that don’t have keys and to map to tables and views that lack an identity column. Entity Framework Core (EF Core for short) is a popular ORM ...
GitHub

Oracle Database container images

Sample container build files to facilitate installation, configuration, and environment setup for DevOps users. For more information about Oracle Database please see the Oracle Database Online ...
GitHub

PowerShell scripts to general SQL Server workload against AdventureWorks database schemas

This tool is currently only supported on Windows and PowerShell. It has not yet been tested on PowerShell Core. It will though work remotely against SQL Server on Linux. NOTE: For SQL Server 2014 and ...
Microsoft

Using SSDs in Azure VMs to store SQL Server TempDB and Buffer Pool Extensions

A common practice on-premise to improve the performance of SQL Server workloads is storing TempDB and/or Buffer Pool Extensions (SQL Server 2014) on SSDs. The former improves the performance of ...
Microsoft

Microsoft 2014 Annual Report

TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS, CUSTOMERS, PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES: It is a humbling experience to write this letter to you as only the third CEO in Microsoft’s history. As I said when I took this role, I ...