We’re speaking at PASS Summit 2013!
PASS liked our “Mouth Wide Shut” interviewing session from last year so much that they’ve decided to have us back...
2013-05-22
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Jen McCown
My 2013 SQL Saturday Schedule!
I’ve finally gotten my gear together for (what I consider) the “speaking season”. Here are the SQL Saturdays that I’m...
2013-05-16
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Use Powershell to find and punish – er, delete – rogue files
I like to know what’s on the drives that are supposed to be dedicated to data and log files. So I...
2013-05-13
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Quick Tip: Navigating to a UNC within SQLPS
I’ve been getting a funky error with a new Powershell script, running as a SQL Agent job step. Let’s pretend for the...
2013-05-06
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Quick Tip: Where’s my SQL Server Job History?
Here’s a quick mystery. You have a SQL Server with several jobs that appear to be running properly and on...
2013-04-29
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In which we compare CISPA to Rick Astley
Wherever you click, either CISPA or Rick Astley is there…
I’m studying up on CISPA for a segment on our webshow....
2013-04-20
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Remembering Alan Weber, @Aauugold
We lost someone this week. We lost a fellow SQL-ite, a Twitterer, a DBAs@Midnight chatroom live chatter. We lost someone...
2013-04-05
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The New MidnightDBA.com is live!
GUYS! GUYS! GUYS!!! We’ve finally completed the MidnightDBA.com facelift that many of you have been begging (nagging, pining, etc.) for,...
2013-04-02
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T-SQL Tuesday #40 Roundup: Files and Filegroups
Good day all, and happy T-SQL Tuesday #40! Yes, this event has officially hit middle age now. I fully expect...
2013-03-18
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Twitter Talk Theatre, Episode 1: “RAID is good enough!”
But We’ve Never Had a Disaster Before!
This week, some of my Twitter followers were kind enough to chime in on...
2013-03-07
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Blogs
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
Streamlining Azure VM Moves Into Availability Zones
By John
One of the more frustrating aspects about creating an Azure virtual machine is that...
Monday Monitor Tips: Native Replication Monitoring
By Steve Jones
Redgate Monitor has been able to monitor replication for a long term, but it...
Forums
Deadlock graph anomaly
I've come across what appears to be a strange deadlock anomaly. As seen in...
Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale Level 6: Backup and Restore Internals
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale...
The Challenge of AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Challenge of AI, which...
Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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