How to Recover a SQL Server Login Password
I will describe a simple method anyone can use to obtain lost password information for a SQL Server login.
2017-02-21 (first published: 2013-03-04)
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Articles
2017-02-21
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Getting Started with Azure SQL Data Warehouse - Part 1
As the demand for data analytics grows so does the need for a technology or platform to process large amounts of different types of data in timely manner. Azure SQL Data Warehouse is a new enterprise-class, elastic petabyte-scale, data warehouse service that can scale according to organizational demands in just a few minutes. Read on to learn more about this data warehouse-as-a-service offering from Microsoft.
2017-02-21
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New CREATE OR ALTER statement in SQL Server 2016 SP1
Ahmad Yaseen explains what SQL Server 2016 SP1's new CREATE OR ALTER statement does, and how to use it.
2017-02-20
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Using EXCEPT to Determine Row Differences
How to use the EXCEPT statement to perform row differences.
2017-02-17 (first published: 2014-03-25)
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Introduction to SAP HANA on Azure
Microsoft and SAP share a long history of working together on a variety of interoperability solutions, including SAP Fiori and Office 365. In recent years, this trend has been exemplified by advancements in support for SAP-based solutions on Microsoft Azure. Marcin Policht provides an overview, focusing in particular on support for SAP HANA on Azure.
2017-02-17
4,185 reads
vCenter Server fails to start, Purge and Shrink Vcenter SQL Database
In this article, you will learn how to troubleshoot If your vCenter Server fails to start and and manually purge the Vcenter database if required.
2017-02-16
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Lists With, or Without, Ranges in both T-SQL and PowerShell
Whether you are working in a procedural language like PowerShell or in T-SQL, there is something slightly bothersome about having to deal with parameters that are lists, or worse with ranges amongst the values. In fact, once you have a way of dealing with them, they can be convenient, especially when bridging the gulf between application and the database. Phil Factor shows how to deal with them.
2017-02-16
4,920 reads
SQL Server vs SQL Server v.Next
An introduction to the basics of current SQL Server vs v.Next Performance Testing.
2017-02-15
3,620 reads
Compression and its Effects on Performance
Erin Stellato takes a look at the new COMPRESS and DECOMPRESS functions, comparing their impact on space and performance to traditional data compression.
2017-02-15
6,456 reads
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that one limitation in replication
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Detecting Deadlocks
By default, how often is the SQL Server Database Engine checking for deadlocks?
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