Beware of Generic SQL Server License Keys (What to Use Instead)

Beware of Generic SQL Server License Keys (What to Use Instead)

I (think) realize that content here is probably more applicable to mid-to-large organizations than small...

Beyond VARBINARY: How to Store PDFs in SQL Server Using FILESTREAM and FileTable

Hello, dear blog reader. Today’s post is coming to you straight from the home office, ready to talk about a topic that comes up more than you’d think: storing...

Introducing the SQL Server on Kubernetes Operator

Are you considering replatforming your SQL Server workload due to recent vendor changes, but still need high availability and disaster recovery? You’re not alone. One of the challenges with...

The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”

After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the various industries, I am placing a bet: agents will become the default interface for most...

Changing the Cardinality of a FK in Redgate Data Modeler

One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how to adjust a FK constraint between two tables. The tool seemed to makes this  easy,...

Future-Proofing: How to Stay Ahead in FinOps

Cloud environments don’t sit still. Pricing models change, services evolve, workloads grow, and suddenly last year’s “perfectly optimised” setup isn’t so perfect anymore. Over time, I’ve realised that FinOps...

Monday Monitor Tips: Oracle Custom Metrics

One of the popular features of Redgate Monitor has been the ability to add custom mertics for various purposes. This has been popular, and along with our curated list...

On Speaking Well

Professor Patrick Winston of MIT used to give a one-hour talk about how to speak. Though Professor Winston is no longer with us, his talk still is. If you...

Walking Through a Planned Failover: SQL Server Always On Availability Groups on Kubernetes

When building the sql-on-k8s-operator, I wanted to make sure it could handle both planned and unplanned failovers. The easy case is a planned failover, where you deliberately move the...

OpenClaw- Agentic Engineering

This week has training on AI – Cyber security experts – Omar Santos and Aamir Lakhani- with great knowledge . during the session learned about OpenClaw and more. I...