Steve Jones

My background is I have been working with computers since I was about 12. My first "career" job in this industry was with network administration where I became the local DBA by default. I have also spent lots of time administering Netware and NT networks, developing software, managing smaller IT groups, making lots of coffee, ordering pizza for late nights, etc., etc.

I currently am the editor of SQL Server Central and an advocate/architect at Redgate Software. I am also the President of SQL Saturday, maintain the T-SQL Tuesday monthly party, and remember our colleagues at sqlmemorial.org.

You can find out more about me on my blog (www.voiceofthedba.com) or LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/way0utwest)

Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball

Twitter: @way0utwest
Website: https://www.voiceofthedba.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/way0utwest
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The PASS Summit on Tour in the Netherlands

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

The PASS Summit goes on tour this year, with the final date the first few days of October in the Netherlands, Utrect to be exact. This is the first...

2025-07-15

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Monday Monitor Tips: Searching Permission Changes

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

During a demo of Redgate Monitor Enterprise to a customer, they asked about how to search for permission changes. This post examines how you can do that in Redgate...

2025-07-14 (first published: 2025-06-23)

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Sample Data with GenAI in Seconds

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

A friend was asking for help with some data analysis. This was in PowerBI, and the source data was PII. I asked them to mask the data for me...

2025-07-14

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The PASS Summit on Tour in Dallas

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

The PASS Summit goes on tour this year, with a September stop in Dallas. This is the first event in the series, and I’m excited to go back to...

2025-07-09

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T-SQL Tuesday #188: Growing the Community

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

This month we have a great T-SQL Tuesday, hosted by John Sterrett. He has been a great help in multiple communities over the years, and he has quite an...

2025-07-08

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Upgrading SQL Server in a Container

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

I decided to update software on my laptop recently during a trip. I’m loathe to do this on most trips, as I don’t want any instability before a presentation....

2025-07-07 (first published: 2025-06-25)

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Sabbatical le Troisième: A Recharge Week

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

It’s been a week since I flew home from London and Redgate to begin my sabbatical. Actually, at this time last week I was just about to land in...

2025-07-05

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Independence Day

by Steve Jones

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2025-07-04

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Moving to Rancher Desktop

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

I’ve been very happy with Docker Desktop for years, running it on both laptop and desktop. However, a corporate decision was made to move to Rancher Desktop, so I...

2025-07-04 (first published: 2025-06-16)

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