In Windows Server 2016, Microsoft have implemented a strong security concept called Shielded Virtual Machines. Shielded VMs have been improved in the Windows Server 2019 release. In the second part of this series, Nicolas describes what Shielded Virtual Machines are and how to configure them using PowerShell.
2018-06-18
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Describes the idle connection resiliency feature, which allows ODBC and SqlClient data access applications to maintain their connections to SQL Server 2014 or an Azure SQL Database.
2018-06-18
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Comparison of the new methods of splitting strings in SQL Server 2016 to the tried and true methods
2018-06-15 (first published: 2016-04-12)
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Brent shows what Perfmon counter to watch after your SQL Server restarts.
2018-06-15
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A basic introduction for developers (or anyone) about reading the metadata of a SQL Server database from a .Net application.
2018-06-14
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Its possible to use some comparable expressions to a full regular expression library for matching certain patterns with T-SQL using the like operator. This tutorial uses these expressions for filtering price phrases involving alphabetic, numeric, and special characters
2018-06-14
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Data governance must be included in DevOps practices. William Brewer explains how to define business policies and standards to ensure compliance with privacy regulations and bring data governance to all aspects of continuous delivery.
2018-06-13
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An efficient and reliable method for reading CSV files with variable columns.
2018-06-12
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Greg Larsen talks about how indexes that are not being used are costing you valuable resources and causing your update statements to run longer.
2018-06-12
3,648 reads
This paper describes best practices for security, networking, and component architecture for building a hybrid business intelligence (BI) environment by using a combination of Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Azure, and on-premises data sources. Many organizations are taking advantage of the benefits of cloud computing such as lower capital expenditures and increased agility, while still maintaining data in on-premises data stores.
2018-06-12
2,710 reads
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One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
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In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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