Failing SQL Agent Jobs – Part 4
Here we are, another Tuesday!! It is time for our Fourth and final installment in the Failing SQL Agent Jobs series. This week, we will cover how to store...
2020-10-06 (first published: 2020-09-29)
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[MSSQLTips] Visual Studio 2019 Configuration for the Production DBA
Happy Tuesday everyone… Today I am honored to have my first article published on MSSQLTips.com. As a Production SQL Server Database Administrator, you do not usually find yourself in...
2020-09-28 (first published: 2020-09-22)
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Failing SQL Agent Jobs – Part 3
It is Tuesday!! Time for Part 3 in the series about SQL Server Agent Job Failures. This installment will show you how to setup SQL Agent Alerts and Operators...
2020-09-22 (first published: 2020-09-15)
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Failing SQL Agent Jobs – Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 in the series about SQL Server Agent Job Failures. In this part you are going to learn how to build an HTML report with Failed...
2020-09-18 (first published: 2020-09-10)
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T-SQL Tuesday #130 – Automate Permissions Audits
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Elizabeth Noble. The subject chosen “what have you automated to make your life easier?” For me the topic is near and...
2020-09-14 (first published: 2020-09-08)
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Failing SQL Agent Jobs – Part 1
SQL Server Agent Jobs are one of the core features of SQL Server. Agent Jobs perform many actions, from maintenance tasks (server and database), data movement flows, replication, log...
2020-09-09 (first published: 2020-09-01)
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Certified Azure Database Administrator (DP-300) – Passed!!!
Deja Vu, back in March I saw a Tweet about the beta Microsoft Certification Exam DP-300. I work with Azure and Databases, so I thought to myself why not...
2020-09-04 (first published: 2020-08-20)
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Who is your Fail-Safe Agent??
Did you know it is possible for SQL Server Agent to alert you of problems if something goes haywire with your Agent? Have you ever had an issue with...
2020-09-02 (first published: 2020-08-25)
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Cleanup Pesky SQL Error Logs
If you are like me, you inherited variously configured SQL Servers when you took over as the DBA for your company. After almost two years, I have gotten all...
2020-08-31 (first published: 2020-08-18)
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What Agent Jobs are Running??
Do you run SQL Agent Jobs in your environment? Do you know what is running at any given time? Most people do not know what is currently running if...
2020-08-13 (first published: 2020-08-04)
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Advice I Like: Praise
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Don’t reserve your kindest praise for a person until their eulogy. Tell them while...
How to Install SQL Server 2025 RC0 on an Azure VM
I wanted to try out the new JSON index which is for the moment...
Prepping for Certification, Part 1 of ?
By Brian Kelley
I thought it would be good to put my thoughts down on how to...
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Copying Production Schema
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