SQL Server Encryption: Always Encrypted

Is 'Always Encrypted' SQL Server 2016's most widely important new feature? It is significant that 'Always Encrypted' in SQL Server is in all editions of SQL Server. Because of the increasing importance of encryption to data governance, it allows encryption for the sensitive application data for everywhere beyond the application's client connection, including network, server, database and storage. Robert Sheldon explains what it is, why you should try it out, and how to set about it.

Refactoring SQL Server code

A look on how to approach improving the quality of our SQL Server code.

SQL Server 2016 Online ALTER COLUMN Operation

Learn about the time savings, blocking scenarios, limitations and more for the SQL Server 2016 online ALTER COLUMN operation.

SQL Server Cluster Automatic Memory Management

Don't waste memory in a cluster! Learn how to allocate memory between instances.

Byte Me: File Lost

Data Warehousing in the cloud – Azure Style

Learn about Azure SQL Data Warehouse and how to get started.

PowerShell Time Saver: Automatic Defaults

Because PowerShell needs to be usable as an immediate scripting language by IT professionals who type in commands at a console, there have to be language devices such as aliases that can make for terseness when appropriate. There are several ways of cutting down the verbiage in a script, and being able to specify default values via $PSDefaultParameterValues is one of the more generally useful ones. Michael Sorens explains how it can save you time in your daily work.

SQL Login Password Audit

Audit your SQL logins to find passwords that have never been changed or that are very weak.

Using DBCC CLONEDATABASE and Query Store for Testing

Erin Stellato demonstrates how to use the new DBCC CLONEDATABASE feature, in combination with Query Store, to test index and query changes.

Step by Step Configuring AlwaysOn with Log Shipping

In this article, I will show you a procedure to combine SQL Server AlwaysOn with logshipping and to make log-shipping to work even in case of failovers between availability replicas in primary site.