Carlos Robles

Carlos Robles is Microsoft Data Platform MVP also a very experienced multi platform DBA (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, SQL Azure) with over 10 years of experience in the database field.

He has worked in database support as a primary consultant and DBA manager for large national and international companies in the healthcare, finance and insurance, retail, food and energy industries.

International speaker, author, blogger, mentor, Guatemala SQL User group leader. If you don’t find him talking about geek stuff with his friends on twitter, it is very likely that he will be having a great time with his wife and daughter in the beautiful outdoors of Colorado.

Tagline: Just another witchcraft and wizardry site and DBA tips,
Interests: SQL Server, Linux, Databases
Blog: http://dbamastery.com

Website: http://dbamastery.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/croblesdba/

Determine database version from a bak file

by Carlos Robles

DBA Mastery

Have you ever imagine you can determine the version of SQL Server from a bak or a MDF file? I...

2018-11-26 (first published: 2018-11-15)

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Is your SQL Server environment ready for GDPR? Part 2

by Carlos Robles

DBA Mastery

In my previous blog post of this topic, I talked about the definition of what GDPR is and also described...

2018-11-09 (first published: 2018-10-30)

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Creating Wait stats widget on Azure Data Studio for macOS

by Carlos Robles

DBA Mastery

A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft released a new multi-platform tool called Azure Data Studio, this tool is the final...

2018-10-18 (first published: 2018-10-09)

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Starting SSMS with a specific connection and script file

by Carlos Robles

DBA Mastery

Have you ever wanted SSMS to start and automatically and establish a connection to your DBA \ hub server and have...

2018-10-15 (first published: 2018-10-02)

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I will be speaking at SQL Saturday # 788 – Denver

by Carlos Robles

DBA Mastery

I’m very thrilled to announce that I will be participating as speaker in Denver’s SQL Saturday that will take place on...

2018-09-07

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Cleaning up Query Store data after database restore

by Carlos Robles

DBA Mastery

Query Store is a very powerful tool for performance tuning, if you are not using it already you should!! It...

2018-08-29 (first published: 2018-08-13)

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MAXDOP Calculator

by Carlos Robles

DBA Mastery

Every time I conduct a SQL Server health check, it’s pretty common for me to find wrong configurations at instance...

2018-08-28

13,653 reads

Guatemala SQL Server local group

by Carlos Robles

DBA Mastery

Good news for all the Guatemalan data professionals, starting from August 2018 you have an official PASS SQL Server local...

2018-08-23

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Enable SQLCMD Mode on SSMS

by Carlos Robles

DBA Mastery

I really like Microsoft philosophy nowadays, they are putting a lot of time developing good open source tools like SQLCLI,...

2018-08-10 (first published: 2018-08-07)

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First time speaker at Denver’s SQL local group

by Carlos Robles

DBA Mastery

06/21 was the date that marked my career as data professional, for the first time ever I decided to participate as...

2018-08-01

243 reads

Blogs

Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency

As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...

March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates

By Brian Kelley

On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...

How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025

By Meagan Longoria

When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...

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Multiple Deployment Processes

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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases

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Upgrading Admin Queries

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Upgrading Admin Queries

I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?

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