Reminder: Webinar today
This is a reminder that I’ll be giving a webinar today on managing SQL Server Agents jobs in a SQL...
2016-09-08
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Brian Kelley
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Reminder: #SQLChat at lunch today
This is a reminder that we’ll having a #SQLChat this afternoon at 12 PM EDT. Here are the details:
SQLChat: Do...
2016-09-07
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SQLChat on Wednesday, Webinar on Thursday!
I’m participating in two community activities this week. One is a #SQLCchat on Twitter and the other is a webinar...
2016-09-06
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I wrote a SQL Server auditing whitepaper!
I recently collaborated with Idera to produce a short whitepaper on the top 5 things to audit in SQL Server...
2016-07-27
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Not More Than 16 Characters?!?
Microsoft, you’re killing me. This is the warning I received when typing in a password for Office 365:
I blinked when...
2016-06-16 (first published: 2016-06-10)
4,085 reads
Protecting Against Delete without Where
If I’m doing any manual work with T-SQL, I always begin every set of data change operations with BEGIN TRAN...
2016-06-13 (first published: 2016-06-09)
3,640 reads
A Different Type of Currency
Recently, a member of the community lamented that folks weren’t willing to provide an email address for free training. This...
2016-06-09
450 reads
Sights that just scream, “No!”
I’m at a conference, specifically a security conference. So I looked at the available WiFi connections. Among the conference and hotel specific...
2016-06-07
455 reads
Slides from 2016 Techno Security & Mobile Forensics Conference
I’ve completed both of my presentations at the 2016 Techno Security and Forensics Investigation Conference (#technosecurity). If you were able...
2016-06-07
523 reads
Congrats to MSSQLTips on 10 Years!
MSSQLTips has posted about their 10 years as a resource to the SQL Server community. It’s where I do the...
2016-06-06
558 reads
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Backing Up a DMK
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