Marcin Policht shows you how to migrate on-premise data that is already cloud-compliant to Windows Azure SQL Databases by converting it into a BACPAC formatted file.
2014-01-21
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DBAs regularly need to keep an eye on the error logs of all their SQL Servers, and the event logs of the host servers as well. When server numbers get large, the traditional Windows GUI approach breaks down, and the PoSH DBA reaches for a PowerShell script to do the leg-work.
2014-01-20
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Learn how an outer join works and how you can use it in your applications to find the results you need when matching data isn't in all your tables.
2014-01-17 (first published: 2012-09-10)
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How do you get help? You can post a question on SQLServerCentral, but to get the most help you can, read this article from MVP Gail Shaw.
2014-01-17 (first published: 2009-06-12)
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A DBA Library: it's not the library in traditional terms where you have books and journals stacked on your desk; rather it's a centralized and integrated repository of knowledge, information and applications for the DBA.
2014-01-17
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A series of videos on SQL Server have been produced in Arabic. Learn about SQL Server in another language.
2014-01-16
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There is nothing mysterious about SQL Server backups. They are essential, however you use your databases. Grant Fritchey explains the basics of database backups and restores with SQL Server 2014.
2014-01-16
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The new SQL Server 2014 “Memory Optimization Advisor” tool helps you quickly analyze tables to see how easy it is to migrate them to In-Memory OLTP tables. Read on to learn more.
2014-01-15
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Using a default account for SQL Server services can be a security risk for two reasons. Firstly, it can give the service a higher level of permissions than it needs. Secondly, isolation is compromised by several services running under the same account. This metric checks whether SQL Server services are running under any of the default accounts, such as localsystem.
2014-01-14
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The process of doing SQL code-reviews used to be tedious and error-prone. Until SQL Enlight, it was a process that was difficult to automate for release and deployment. As it is now both a Command-line utility and an SSMS add-in, the database developer can see immediately the parts of the code that would raise eyebrows with the vigilant production DBA.
2014-01-14
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