Jason Carter has spent most of his career as a .NET developer, with time spent as a development manager, accidental DBA, and most recently a full-time DBA. Having worked with large databases as a developer, he found great interest in tuning, tweaking, and making databases run faster. With the support of his wife, he gave up his managerial duties, jumped the development ship and dove head first into his new career as a Database Administrator.

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Be Nice

Years ago when I was just out of the Marine Corps and found myself as the only IT guy in an...

2014-02-19

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As a self-taught developer, I’ve never really given any credence to certifications.  Certifications in the development arena seem like a way...

2014-02-13

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Backup to Immutable Storage

In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?

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