Restoring a Database in Azure
One of the many small things you don’t have to worry about any more when working with Azure SQL Database...
2016-01-18 (first published: 2016-01-11)
1,397 reads
Grant Fritchey
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Learning R: Hitting the Books
I’ve been using a series of web sites while I was starting the process of learning R. I’ve highlighted several...
2016-01-13
584 reads
“Applies To…” in the MSDN Documentation
Quick little post. I just wanted to share how happy I am with the new “THIS TOPIC APPLIES TO” infographic....
2016-01-12
436 reads
Benefits from Data Lifecycle Management
I spend a lot of time talking about the need for automation within your databases, especially in support of development,...
2015-12-22 (first published: 2015-12-15)
1,747 reads
Learning R: Hard Lessons
I’ve always found the best way to learn a new programming language is to start building stuff, solving problems, using...
2015-12-21
965 reads
One More PASS Board Update for 2015
Remember that post I wrote about taking on SQLSaturday events as my new PASS portfolio?
Never mind.*
Instead, it seems I’ll be...
2015-12-18 (first published: 2015-12-14)
1,246 reads
Speaker of the Month: December 2015
The hardest presentations I’ve ever given in my life were not to large audiences or in big rooms. They weren’t...
2015-12-18
453 reads
Promote Community
When I present at any given event, I generally assume that the people attending have heard of the event that...
2015-12-10
484 reads
PASS Board Update: First Year
This represents my 12th month on the board so I thought I would recap my time there so you know...
2015-12-09
480 reads
Learning R: Foundations
Learning a programming language is largely an act of using that language to do stuff. Done.
However, the big thing about...
2015-12-07
1,242 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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