Today during the Visual Studio launch event, we announced that we’ve partnered with Redgate to include Redgate Data Tools in Visual Studio 2017. Redgate Data Tools includes three components that extend DevOps practices to SQL Server and Azure SQL databases and increase your productivity while doing database development.
2017-03-09
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John Miner shows how to move databases between a cloud development environment and an on-premise production environment using PowerShell cmdlets.
2017-03-08
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Once you have Query Store enabled on your databases, runtime statistics are generated for your queries; but what about the natively-compiled stored procedures and memory optimised tables that come with In-Memory OLTP? Do you get the full range of runtime statistics? This is an intriguing question that Enrico explores and answers.
2017-03-07
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Greg Larsen explains how you can use Dynamic Management Objects and stored procedures to return your worst performing T-SQL statements.
2017-03-06
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Bhavesh Patel shows how to clone a SQL Server login onto another server while keeping the password the same.
2017-03-03
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Greg Larsen shows you how to determine if you are running the standard, enterprise, or developer edition of SQL Server.
2017-03-02
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The easiest way of explaining how a DevOps approach to database deployment can dramatically speed up the process is to use the term ‘shift-left’. By performing, or at least...
2017-03-01
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In an effort to make leading wildcard searches sargable, Aaron Bertrand plays around with a trigram-type implementation in SQL Server.
2017-02-28
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SQL Server Encryption is an essential part of what is required for protecting data. Column-level encryption can be a very effective way of doing this. In the first in a series of articles on the theme of SQL Server Encryption, Robert Sheldon once more makes it all seem easy.
2017-02-27
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If your organisation is committed to using Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 10g/11g /12c as their BI solution, you aren't thereby committed to using Oracle throughout your organisation. You can use a range of data sources including SQL Server, and save a great deal of money by doing so. Sadly, Oracle will only support the use of the venerable SQL Server 2008 R2. Zafar Ali demonstrates how to connect OBIEE to the world beyond Oracle.
2017-02-24
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By Ed Elliott
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) has recently added support for Github Copilot. This is...
By Steve Jones
If it fails where you thought it would fail that is not a failure....
Quite a long title for a short blog post ??While deploying a DACPAC (from...
NABL has accredited Fare Labs' shelf life testing laboratory. A shelf-life testing lab provides...
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