From an IT infrastructure and compliance perspective, the importance of protecting data is clear. But it also has profound business implications and can even be a competitive differentiator by helping drive customer loyalty and retention. David Hobbs-Mallyon talks about Microsoft’s approach to data security.
2016-02-02
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Learn a quick method to find and remove duplicate records in your SQL Server tables.
2016-02-01
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When starting out with PowerShell, it is hard to escape from the detail to work out the best strategy for creating scripts. Laerte Junior explains how, when and why it pays to think in terms of versatile functions to meet varying demands.
2016-02-01
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This article talks about using the statistical program, R, for applying simple statistics against data in Microsoft SQL Server.
2016-01-29 (first published: 2014-03-10)
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One of the most important features of the SQL Server 2016's new Query Store is the reporting. With these features, it is now possible to get a wealth of information on how your query workload is performing, either aggregated for the entire query workload or for a single query. With this information, you can see the effects of 'forcing' an execution plan for specific queries and get feedback of the consequences.
2016-01-29
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rsNeatPublish: Toolset to automate deployment of all SSRS 2008R2/12/14/16 objects
2016-01-28
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Tim Smith shows how using PowerShell can be an effective way to track SQL Server snapshot and transactional replication counts for sources and destinations.
2016-01-28
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2016-01-27
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We suspect there are some issues with our disk subsystem and would like to be alerted by email if SQL Server encounters any corruption in any of the data files that reside on the disk in question. How can we add this automated monitoring?
2016-01-27
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SQL is unusual is that data is not passively stored. Instead you use declarative SQL to specify the rules that underlie the data and its integrity. When used properly, constraints can avoid having to provide a lot of logic elsewhere. CHECK() and DEFAULT can do a lot to ensure that your data is correct
2016-01-26
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By Steve Jones
At Redgate, we’re experimenting with how AI can help developers and DBAs become better...
I was messing around performing investigative work on a pod running SQL Server 2025...
By Steve Jones
Redgate recently released SQL Compare v16, which included a new feature to work with...
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In SQL Server, there is a concept of page density. This is determined by how much data is stored on each page. What is a page density of 90%?
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