While software is among the most widely used products in human history, it also has one of the highest failure rates due to poor quality. In this article, Cynthia Dzikiti explains how quality should be part of all aspects of the software lifecycle.
2018-03-05
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Demo and script on how to script out SSIS Environments and their associated variables
2018-03-02 (first published: 2016-01-21)
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Visualization is often the first step in analyzing data. Python makes visualization easy. In this article, Robert Sheldon demonstrates how to generate multiple charts from one dataset using Python with SQL Server Machine Learning Services.
2018-03-02
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Power BI Dashboards can be kept current using simple DAX formulas in your data models. Save yourself time and energy by understanding how dashboard tiles work on PowerBI.com and what can be done to set your dashboards to a current period.
2018-03-01
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Koen Verbeeck looks at how to hide tables or columns in Analysis Services Tabular 2017 for certain users so they are not able to use them in reports or query them.
2018-03-01
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By default, SQL Server does not encrypt data in a SQL Server database in an encrypted format. When SQL Server 2008 was introduced, Microsoft implemented Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). When TDE is enabled on a database SQL Server will encrypt the database as data is written to the disk.
2018-02-28
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In this article, we will show how to create an ASDW in Bash using the Cloud Shell.
2018-02-27
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Database administrators have enormous responsibility whether they manage one or hundreds of servers. Monica Rathbun tells us how she survived as the Lone DBA for 56 database servers for over a decade. While many DBAs work on teams instead of alone, she has great advice for all.
2018-02-27
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How to configure multiple publishers and single subscriber replication?
2018-02-26
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Tara Kizer outlines 15 telltale signs that you aren't a very good senior DBA.
2018-02-26
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By Arun Sirpal
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I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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