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2019-03-11
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SQL Server supports partially contained databases. This gives you the option of adding database users with a password inside the database. This makes the database easier to move to another instance or participate in an Always On Availability Group. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains how to work with users in contained databases.
2019-03-11
Creating a quick dashboard with a few reports may be the beginning of a BI solution, but unless time is spent on the underlying model, it won't be adaptable enough to grow. In this article by Gogula Aryalingam, you'll see how the advice of a mentor helped a newbie understand how to create a flexible model that will lead to a valuable BI solution.
2019-03-11
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Gartner released their 2018 Market Guide for Data Masking, providing an in-depth analysis of the market with recommendations and representative vendors – including Redgate. Gartner says that "Test data (or copy data) virtualization is a technology that is increasingly popular, when used in combination with SDM (Static Data Masking), to speed up the provisioning of and updates to target environments, in addition to significantly reducing the amount of storage required by these environments.”
2019-03-08
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Azure SQL DB’s Automatic Tuning will create and drop indexes based on your workloads. Brent's latest blog post shows how to enable it and explains what it actually does.
2019-03-08
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Protecting Personable Identifiable Information is central to the compliance of numerous regulations which your organization may be subject to. In this article Grant Fritchey starts with the basics of obfuscating address data with the data masking technology in SQL Provision.
2019-03-07
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T-SQL window functions have been a fantastic addition to the T-SQL language. In this article, Kathi Kellenberger reviews how optimizations available in SQL Server 2019 can improve the performance of these functions.
2019-03-07
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In this tip we demonstrate how to use dynamic SQL and stored procedures to simplify the computation with SQL of one-way and two-way tabulations.
2019-03-06
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SQL Census helps users understand who has access to their SQL Servers (including Active Directory groups) and simplify existing SQL Server permissions. A new feature reworks discrete user permissions into database roles, giving users the same effective rights in a more controllable structure. Download and use SQL Census (in preview) for free.
2019-03-06 (first published: 2019-03-04)
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A new error message in SQL Server 2019 will make your life much easier!? Learn more...
2019-03-05
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Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
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