Join me 30 Aug 2018 at noon EDT for another free webinar titled Use Biml to Build a Local Copy of an Azure SQL DB.

This webinar is inspired by a social media post by a friend. His company is using Azure SQL DB in Production. They want to make a copy of the Production database on-premises to use with testing. He asked if there was a way to get a copy of the database backup from the Azure SQL DB folks and was told he could not. Azure SQL DB supports spinning up a copy of the Production database in Azure SQL DB, though that would increase their infrastructure spend.

I noodled on the problem for a bit and then had an idea: I bet I can use the BimlExpress Metadata Framework for this! Hence, a webinar.

BimlExpress is free.
BimlExpress Metadata Framework is free and open-source.
The webinar is free.

I think I need to set up a tip jar or something!

Seriously, this should be fun and educational. The webinar is 30 Aug 2018 at noon EDT. I hope to see you there!

Abstract

Business Intelligence Markup Language – Biml – saves time and improves SSIS code quality.

In this free webinar, learn how you can automate copying an Azure SQL DB – the database and its contents – to an on-premises instance of SQL Server.

Join SSIS author, BimlHero, consultant, trainer, and blogger Andy Leonard at noon EDT Thursday 30 Aug 2018 as he demonstrates using Biml to make an on- premises copy of an Azure SQL DB.

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