Overview of File-group(s) and Piecemeal database restore operations in SQL Server
So far, we discussed many de-facto details about SQL Server database backup and restore. In this 15th article of the series,...
2018-06-22
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Prashanth Jayaram
Overview of SQL Server 2017 Docker containers on Linux machine
SQL Server 2017 is the biggest release and most important releases in the Microsoft product history simply because of the...
2018-06-20
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SQL Server -Database Backup Report using PowerShell and T-SQL
In the previous articles, we discussed several ways of taking backup and testing the restore process to ensure the integrity...
2018-06-14
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Getting Started with Mssql-cli tool
A recent announcement on the release of several SQL Server tools has raised expectations across various groups. Product requirements and business...
2018-06-12
258 reads
SQL Database Corruption: Causes, Prevention, Fixing Techniques
“I had a Database File and I want to attach this MDF file to SQL Server 2014. However, whenever I...
2018-06-05
261 reads
Backup Linux/windows SQL Server databases using PowerShell and Windows task scheduler
This article is an in-depth guide on how PowerShell can be used to maintain and manage SQL backup on Linux...
2018-05-31 (first published: 2018-05-22)
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Backup and Restore Automation using SQLCMD and SQL Server agent
Database administrators are often requested to refresh a database, mostly to create a live copy of the production database to...
2018-05-30
450 reads
SQL Server: Backup and Restore operations using Cloud
This article discusses the concept of SQL Server backup and the various components required to use the Microsoft Azure Blob...
2018-05-29
392 reads
Data Recovery : Page level restore in SQL Server
In this article, we shall discuss the importance of understanding the internals of the page restoration for a database administrator. Most...
2018-05-18
362 reads
Automate SQL Server Database Restoration using bacpac with PowerShell or Batch techniques
Data is the key to your organization’s future, but if it’s outdated, irrelevant, or hidden then it’s no good. Maintenance...
2018-05-17 (first published: 2018-05-08)
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Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
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As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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