Determining Active Directory Group Membership
As discussed in my previous post I prefer to use Windows authentication over SQL authentication on my SQL Servers. There...
2012-01-24
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Chris McGowan
Security - SQL vs Windows
Security is a very important part of every DBA’s role. If you are not clued up on security best practices...
2012-01-23
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Database uplevel Restores Follow On
Today's post is a follow on from one earlier this month Database uplevel Restores. I got round to testing restoring...
2012-01-20
1,144 reads
Don’t Be a Balloon!
I had a problem just before the festive period where one of our production SQL Servers was randomly grinding to...
2012-01-18
1,718 reads
Moving Database Files and Replication
Today’s post is a quick one as I am a bit under the cosh.
There are many ways to move database...
2012-01-13
686 reads
System Stored Procedures
I've been using 4 alerts for corruption now for about 2 years for Errors 823, 824, 825 and 9100. Basically...
2012-01-11
1,048 reads
Server Name and SQL Server Name
I have, in the past had the need to rename a server, either because the server has been named incorrectly...
2012-01-10
777 reads
Database uplevel Restores
Today I've been reading Paul Randal's collection of Blogs from a series called A SQL Server DBA myth a day....
2012-01-06
687 reads
SQL Server Error Logs
I read a blog post this morning on SQLServerCentral by Tim Radney about SQL Server Error Logs. Tim talks about...
2012-01-04
1,080 reads
Dropping a Database
I came across an issue on a server this morning where a drive had run out of free space. Now given...
2012-01-03
617 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
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Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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Question of the Day
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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