Getting Started with Azure Blueprints
Learn about Azure Blueprints, available in the Azure portal, which is a new method of deploying Azure Resources through ARM templates.
2020-07-30
Additional Articles
Creating a Simple Development Harness with SQL Compare and SQL Data Generator
There is no single, correct approach to developing and testing your SQL batches and routines. It depends on the requirement. For simple tasks, like modifying and testing a view or stored procedure, SQL Compare and SQL Data Generator, combined, provide a useful, lightweight development harness.
2020-07-29
What If You Really DO Need to Shrink a Database?
You’ve heard that shrinking a database is bad because it introduces both external and internal fragmentation, it causes blocking, it causes transaction log growth while it runs, and it’s slow and single-threaded. You understand that if it’s just a matter of 10-20-30% of a database, and the database is only 100-200GB, you might as well just leave the space there, because you’re gonna end up using it anyway.
2020-07-29
Exploring the SQL Compare Options
Phil Factor dissects and disentangles the various SQL Compare options.
2020-07-28
How to Expand a Range of Dates into Rows using a SQL Server Numbers Table
In this article we look at different T-SQL code examples that can help you build a range of date rows based on a starting and ending date.
2020-07-28
SQL Server TempDB Tutorial
In this article we cover many different questions about the SQL Server TempDB database to give a better understanding of what is and what it is used for.
2020-07-27
SQL Server Backup Monitoring with PowerShell
In this part of the series we look at how to use the PowerShell monitoring scripts to collect backup information from your monitored instances.
2020-07-24
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial
In this tutorial we will cover common questions related to the SQL Server msdb database. This is one of the standard system databases that are part of every SQL Server installation. This tutorial will give you a better idea of what the msdb database.
2020-07-23
Automate Database Restore for SQL Server
In this article we look at how to automate a SQL Server database restore using a PowerShell script.
2020-07-22
Power BI Incremental Refresh for SQL Sources
In this article we look at the incremental refresh feature when working with Power BI data sources and how to implement for your reports.
2020-07-21
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