With SQL Server 2012 Microsoft introduced the AlwaysOn Availability Group feature, and since then many changes and improvements have been made. This article is an update to another article, and will cover the prerequisites and steps for installing AlwaysOn in your SQL Server 2019 environment. Prerequisites Before implementing your AlwaysOn Availability Group (AG), make sure […]
2025-12-24 (first published: 2025-11-25)
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Is your SQL database log file too big? Maybe it is. But maybe it’s not. When log files keep growing and appear to be too big some might suggest switching to Simple recovery, shrinking the log file, and switching back to Full recovery. While this will work to shrink the file and free up disk […]
2022-02-16
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Keep column headers visible while scrolling down the page of SSRS reports.
2021-03-12 (first published: 2019-01-07)
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With SQL Server 2012 Microsoft introduced the AlwaysOn Availability Group feature, and since then many changes and improvements have been made. This article is an update to another article, and will cover the prerequisites and steps for installing AlwaysOn in your SQL Server 2019 environment. Prerequisites Before implementing your AlwaysOn Availability Group (AG), make sure […]
2020-12-07
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In part 2 of this article, learn how you can move incremental changes in a SQL Server table using Azure Data Factory.
2020-01-21
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Learn how to get started uploading data from a SQL Server to Azure Blob Storage.
2019-12-30
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2019-03-29 (first published: 2017-12-04)
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Whoever creates an AlwaysOn group is, by default, the owner of the endpoint. This is generally not a problem…unless that person leaves the company and you need to delete the login.
2018-10-25
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2017-07-04 (first published: 2015-12-14)
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2016-12-05
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Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
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I add this parameter to SQL Server 2025 in the Configuration Manager:
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