As more organizations are managing at least some part of their data in the cloud, estate monitoring can become more complex with a mix of on-prem and cloud-based instances. Grant Fritchey discusses why businesses might move to the cloud, why they might stay on-prem, and when a hybrid approach might be best.
2020-12-21
This article will show how to use Windows authentication for AWS RDS SQL Server by setting up an AWS Managed Active Directory and integrate it with an AWS RDS SQL Server instance.
2020-12-18
High performing teams must implement a common approach to database migrations so that the database can be included in Continuous Delivery. This ‘kernel’ of Database DevOps leads to better alignment between developers and Ops teams, and increases the throughput of high quality releases. The key for many is Flyway, and this whitepaper explores how this highly configurable migrations tool enables a bespoke migrations-based deployment strategy that is easy to adopt and scale across teams
2020-12-18
Without a good backup and recovery strategy in place, a DBA should make sure their resume is always up to date. In this article, Greg Larsen discusses what should be considered when developing a backup plan.
2020-12-17
In this article we look at a PowerShell script that can help you deploy database objects to multiple SQL Server instances.
2020-12-16
William Brewer explains how to make data governance a continuous organizational activity, based on well-established standards and practices, rather than a knee-jerk response, and which skills and tools will help you achieve compliance, including SQL Data Catalog for discovery and classification of data held in SQL Server.
2020-12-16
Become the captain of your SQL Prompt ship by embarking on a voyage of discovery through the hidden treasures of the tool. You'll uncover features of the unknown that will enable you to write, format, analyze and refactor your SQL effortlessly. Join this webinar on December 16th to find out more.
2020-12-15
To prevent data change anomalies, a database should be normalized. Did you know that there are 10 normal forms? In this article, Joe Celko reviews normalizing databases including commonly used normal forms.
2020-12-15
Email based validation is more than just a simple RFC check, this is where Melissa's Global Email Verification with a web-based API and SSIS delivers valuable data to SQL Server Professionals.
2020-12-14
A data catalog allows an organization to discover and record the facts about its data, where that data is held and how it used. William Brewer explains the details.
2020-12-14
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