--- title: The Coeo Blog | Raul Gonzalez description: The latest updates from Coeo on retail, gaming, finance and the Microsoft data platform --- [![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/themes/coeo/images/logo.svg)](https://www.coeo.com/) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | [info@coeo.com](mailto:info@coeo.com) | [Client portal login](https://my.coeo.com) # The Coeo Blog ## Raul Gonzalez ![](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/RaulCircle.jpg) ### Recent Posts ## [Preventing Brute Force Attacks in SQL Server](https://blog.coeo.com/preventing-brute-force-attacks-in-sql-server) SQL Server provides two different forms of authenticating the users that connect to the database server: Windows Authentication, which is the default and preferred method, and SQL Server Authentication, which needs to be explicitly enabled. [![Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/RaulCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/preventing-brute-force-attacks-in-sql-server) [Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/author/raul-gonzalez) | August 27 , 2020 ## [Who is afraid of this lovely creature called Gremlin?](https://blog.coeo.com/who-is-afraid-of-this-lovely-creature-called-gremlin) Travelling in time is something humans have dreamed of and written many novels and movies about, and today I felt kind of like that - from A Space Odyssey to another 80's classic, Gremlins 😊. [![Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/RaulCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/who-is-afraid-of-this-lovely-creature-called-gremlin) [Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/author/raul-gonzalez) | July 17 , 2020 ## [Configure Kerberos for Availability Groups](https://blog.coeo.com/configure-kerberos-for-availability-groups) Today I want to tell you about an issue we ran into while working on one of our customers and, while it’s easy to understand when explained, it might be tricky to get done when you don’t look at the whole picture. [![Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/RaulCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/configure-kerberos-for-availability-groups) [Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/author/raul-gonzalez) | July 07 , 2020 ## [Five Cool Things You Can Do Using Partitioning](https://blog.coeo.com/five-cool-things-you-can-do-using-partitioning) It’s been a while since I last wrote about my favourite piece of tech, which is not the latest neither sometimes the greatest, but we’ve been together for over a decade now and I still love it. That is the SQL Server engine. [![Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/RaulCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/five-cool-things-you-can-do-using-partitioning) [Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/author/raul-gonzalez) | June 23 , 2020 ## [Creating your First Cosmos DB Database](https://blog.coeo.com/creating-your-first-cosmos-db-database) Here we are again, I hope you’re already feeling like an astronaut or [Carl Sagan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan) exploring the Cosmos. In my previous posts, we have seen [basic concepts of No-SQL databases](https://blog.coeo.com/azure-cosmos-db-to-infinity-and-beyond)and [how to start with Azure Cosmos DB](https://blog.coeo.com/first-steps-with-cosmos-db-building-your-own-rocket), if you haven’t read those posts, I’d recommend you take a minute and check them. [![Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/RaulCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/creating-your-first-cosmos-db-database) [Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/author/raul-gonzalez) | June 11 , 2020 ## [First Steps with Cosmos DB, Building your Own Rocket](https://blog.coeo.com/first-steps-with-cosmos-db-building-your-own-rocket) In my [previous post](https://blog.coeo.com/azure-cosmos-db-to-infinity-and-beyond), I talked about how No-SQL databases are different from relational ones, now I’m going to show you how to get started building your first No-SQL database using Cosmos DB. [![Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/RaulCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/first-steps-with-cosmos-db-building-your-own-rocket) [Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/author/raul-gonzalez) | June 01 , 2020 ## [Azure Cosmos DB: To Infinity and Beyond](https://blog.coeo.com/azure-cosmos-db-to-infinity-and-beyond) One of the technologies that surprised me when I heard of it was No-SQL databases. As a database administrator that really distressed me at first; what is no-SQL? How can a database not be a relational database? Well, it’s been a few years, but finally my eyes opened and I’m ready to embrace No-SQL. [![Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/RaulCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/azure-cosmos-db-to-infinity-and-beyond) [Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/author/raul-gonzalez) | May 14 , 2020 ## [Troubleshooting memory issues](https://blog.coeo.com/troubleshooting-memory-issues) At Coeo, we have the opportunity to deal with a wide range of problems every day and sometimes they manifest in mysterious ways. [![Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/RaulCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/troubleshooting-memory-issues) [Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/author/raul-gonzalez) | September 19 , 2019 ## [Exploring SQL Server query plan SET options](https://blog.coeo.com/exploring-sql-server-query-plan-set-options) Every time SQL Server is requested to execute a query, it needs to go through different phases to complete that request. [![Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/RaulCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/exploring-sql-server-query-plan-set-options) [Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/author/raul-gonzalez) | December 10 , 2018 ## [Coeo Session Submissions for SQLBits 2019](https://blog.coeo.com/coeo-session-submissions-for-sqlbits-2019) [SQLBits](https://sqlbits.com/), one of the best conferences for the Microsoft Data platform in the world, has recently closed the session submissions and the Coeo team has entered a great range of talks covering the different technologies within the Microsoft Data Platform. [![Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/RaulCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/coeo-session-submissions-for-sqlbits-2019) [Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/author/raul-gonzalez) | November 26 , 2018 ### Recent posts ### Categories - [SQL Server (118)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/sql-server) - [Azure (58)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure) - [Microsoft (49)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/microsoft) - [Dedicated Support (47)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/dedicated-support) - [Coeo News (43)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/coeo-news) - [Professional Development (34)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/professional-development) - [Industry News (27)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/industry-news) - [cyber security (27)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/cyber-security) - [power bi (25)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/power-bi) - [Opinion (21)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/opinion) - [Cloud (17)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/cloud) - [Business Intelligence (16)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/business-intelligence) - [analytics (15)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/analytics) - [Security (14)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/security) - [career (14)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/career) - [SQL Server updates (13)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/sql-server-updates) - [windows Updates (11)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/windows-updates) - [Azure Databricks (10)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure-databricks) - [data platform (10)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data-platform) - [Clustering (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/clustering) - [Finance (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/finance-news) - [podcast (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/podcast) - [azure sql database (8)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure-sql-database) - [data (8)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data) - [Data Science (7)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data-science) ### Popular posts ![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/logo-invert.png) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | info@coeo.com ## Contact Us By clicking submit below, you consent to allow Coeo to store and process the personal information submitted above to provide you the content requested. 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