Introduction to SQL Server Security — Part 2
In this article, the second in the series, Robert Sheldon demonstrates how to manage the SQL Server security with granting permissions to users, logins, and groups.
2019-02-25
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Articles
What is the Best Value for Fill Factor in SQL Server
Learn about how selecting a SQL Server index fill factor can impact storage and performance. Check out the included scripts to help give you better insight.
2019-02-25
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Using SQL Server and R Services for analyzing DBA Tasks
Article shows how R Services can help database administrators with their daily work
2019-02-22 (first published: 2017-02-07)
3,113 reads
An Introduction to GitHub for DBAs
Distributed source control is really intimidating: branches, pull requests, merges – will somebody just take my code, for crying out loud? Why does it have to be so complicated and involved?
2019-02-22
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The BI Journey: The Analyst
Most organizations today understand the value of analysing their data. In some cases, they haven’t realized the value or are just getting started. This article, by Data Platform MVP Gogula Aryalingam, describes how analytics can start small – with just one Power BI dashboard – and grow from there.
2019-02-21
3,439 reads
Azure Data Lake Analytics using U-SQL Queries
This article will help with gaining confidence and familiarity with Microsoft Azure's Data Lake Analytics offering to process large datasets quickly while demonstrating the potential and capabilities of U-SQL to aggregate and process big data files.
2019-02-20
2,259 reads
Learning about DML Triggers
Triggers can be confusing and complex for many developers new to SQL. Steve Jones gives a few ideas for learning more about this construct as well as practicing writing them.
2019-02-19
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2019-02-19
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GDPR - A guide for the perplexed
If a picture paints a thousand words then can GDPR regulation be represented in diagram form? Could doing so make it easier to comply with the regulation by making it easier to understand?
2019-02-18 (first published: 2018-01-11)
4,920 reads
Using the DAX Calculate and Values Functions
In the first two articles in this series on creating DAX formulae, Andy Brown of Wise Owl Training showed how to create calculated columns and measures. In this third article, he turns his attention to two of the most important DAX functions (CALCULATE and VALUES), showing how and when to use them. If DAX knowledge can be compared to a heavily fortified castle, the CALCULATE function is the drawbridge giving access to it.
2019-02-18
2,279 reads
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A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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