Cláudio Silva

I work as Data Platform Architect.
I love performance tuning and I'm also a PowerShell lover who automates any process that needs to be done more than a couple of times.
I contribute to open-source PowerShell modules such as dbatools and dbachecks.

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dbatools - Exceptions

Who doesn’t like a good red and verbose exception? At PowerShell community we often call it a “sea of red” which we found as something that can be intimidating....

2022-06-27 (first published: )

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dbatools - Rich Datatypes

Some datatypes can be shown in so many different forms (think measurament units, dates with short/long forms, or regional settings) that can be difficult to have a standard. What...

2022-06-13 (first published: )

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Deny Connect problem

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Website Stability 2025/12/05

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I created a post (or tried) in the 2022 Admin forum. https://www.sqlservercentral.com/?post_type=topic&p=4694880 But it's...

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Question of the Day

Fabric Mirroring

In which versions can I mirror a database from an on-premises SQL Server to a Fabric data warehouse?

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