Policy Based Management and Powershell
Introduction
Policy Based Management (PBM) can be used to inform DBAs when an incorrect setting is being used on a SQL...
2017-10-04 (first published: 2017-09-26)
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Introduction
Policy Based Management (PBM) can be used to inform DBAs when an incorrect setting is being used on a SQL...
2017-10-04 (first published: 2017-09-26)
1,960 reads
Problem
Most DBAs are aware that (prior to SQL 2016) one of the most common, post installation changes that needs to...
2017-03-28 (first published: 2017-03-14)
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Problem
I was contacted by a user asking if it was possible for his team to be able to execute specific...
2016-12-21
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Problem
When creating Linked Servers, security often gets overlooked. This can lead to accounts on one instance having access, sometimes with...
2016-11-11
21,677 reads
Problem
A common misconception that i've heard a few times around backups is that a FULL backup invalidates previous TRANSACTION LOG...
2016-10-04
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Problem
A common question I get asked by SQL developers is to be able to query the sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats table to see...
2016-09-16
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SQL Server uses tempdb for many features, including row versioning, service broker and query execution amongst others. During the execution...
2016-07-07
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Do people still get certified? I don’t hear much about it in the SQL community these days so I asked...
2016-02-04
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One of the most important processes for a DBA is backing up and restoring a database. In its simplest form,...
2015-10-07
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Caution must be exercised when mixing Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Availability Groups to ensure databases don't end up in...
2015-10-07
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By Steve Jones
vicarous – adj. curious to know what someone else would do if they were...
Say we have a database that we want to migrate a copy of into...
We are trying to get apps and users off of using SQL accounts to...
Hi I have this view to check if a job is running: SELECT...
All, if you are like me and do not care for the built-in color...
Certain internal SQL Server actions cause internal checkpoints. Which of these actions does not cause an internal checkpoint?
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