A New Word: Bareleveling

bareleveling – v.  trying to improve yourself without anyone else knowing about it, afraid that they’ll think it’s silly or grandiose or unnecessary, or that they’’ll end up calling...

Friday Flyway Tips–Comparison Defaults

One of the little details that I find matter more and more in enterprises is understanding why a tool behaves a certain way. OSS/home-grown ones often have limited docs,...

More bad date functions?

Responding to a Disaster

A few recent disasters inspire Steve to remind you to prepare now, before a disaster occurs.

Managing Backup History Options in MSDB

A Quick Turnaround

Steve has a quick turnaround between trips that was a bit unexpected. Is there compensation for this?

DevOps Days Minneapolis

Once again, I’m off to a conference next week. This time it is DevOps Days Minneapolis. I haven’t been to a DevOps Days event, though I always enjoy DevOps...

NOT IN Confusion

Stairway to Database Containers Level 1: Getting Started with Database Containers

In the first level of the Stairway to Database Containers, we learn how to get started with Docker for Windows, downloading an image, and starting a container.

Stairway to Database Containers Level 2: Persisting Storage in Containers

The second level of the Stairway to Database Containers looks at the basics of persisting storage in your containers.