How to Provision a Set of Databases to Multiple Azure-based Servers
Grant Fritchey shows how to provision a group of interdependent databases, masked to protect sensitive or personal data, to each machine in an Azure-based test cell.
2019-07-03
Additional Articles
The 2019 State of SQL Server Monitoring Report
Redgate's second annual State of SQL Server Monitoring survey provides new insights into how the world of SQL Server monitoring is adjusting and adapting to emerging challenges, such as compliance regulations and cloud technologies, while keeping on-top of the usual issues such as deployments, availability, and capacity.
2019-07-03 (first published: 2019-06-28)
Database Delivery with Docker and SQL Change Automation
Phil Factor demonstrates the basics of how to automate database builds into a Linux SQL Server container running on Windows, and then backup the containerized database and restore it into dedicated containerized development copies for each developer and tester.
2019-07-02
Filtering Object Explorer Detailed Information in SSMS
Need to know how to use the “Filter” item in the SSMS Object Explorer Details window to show a specific list of tables that contain a specific string of characters? If so, then read on!
2019-07-02
A DBA’s Journey towards Database DevOps
John Morehouse describes how a quest to help solve his organization's "deployment bottleneck" led them to a place where they could both deliver application and database changes into the wild at a pace to satisfy customer demand, and achieve a better work-life balance for the team, both of which are well worth having.
2019-07-01
How to Linux for SQL Server DBAs — Part 4
In this article, Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman continues teaching SQL Server DBAs how to navigate Linux. She demonstrates usings aliases, setting up environment variables, and examining processes.
2019-07-01
Tips for Better Presentations
Brent Ozar gives some advice to those of you who give presentations to user groups and conferences.
2019-06-28
How can we close the tech skills gap?
One of the most profound challenges faced by technology companies today is talent. According to the latest Harvey Nash survey, 65% of CIOs believe that a shortage of tech skills is affecting their ability to respond to change.
2019-06-27
Improving Tech with Compassionate Code
There is quite a bit of suffering within tech and caused by tech, from poorly commented code to shaming someone who asks a question on a forum. In this article, Samuel Nitsche explains why compassionate coding is a better way to go.
2019-06-27
Collect SQL Server Index Usage Information for all Instances with PowerShell
In this tip we look at a PowerShell script you can use to collect index information for all of your SQL Server instances that you manage.
2019-06-26
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BIT_COUNT() IV
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