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.

Stairway to Database Containers Level 3: Building Custom Container Images by Hand

In this next level of the Stairway to Database Containers learn how to customer a container and save the changes to a new image.

SQL Saturday Baton Rouge 2024–Resources

For my talk at SQL Saturday Baton Rouge 2024, here are the resources. Slides: Architecting Zero Downtime.pptx GitHub: https://github.com/way0utwest/ZeroDowntime If you have questions, reach out.

A New Word: Vicarous

vicarous – adj. curious to know what someone else would do if they were in your shoes, eager to watch another actor put their own spin on the character...