Randolph West

Randolph West is the Microsoft Docs content lead for SQL Server on Linux, and SQL migrations. A former Microsoft Data Platform MVP who has worked with SQL Server since the late 1990s, Randolph solves technology problems with a focus on SQL Server and C#. You can also see Randolph acting on the stage and screen, or doing voices for independent video games.

Twitter: @_randolph_west
Website: https://bornsql.ca/blog/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rabryst/

No moving parts, the story of persistent memory

by Randolph West

Born SQL with Randolph West

In November 2017, during the PASS Summit keynote, Microsoft’s Bob Ward (Principal Architect) demonstrated a “diskless database” running on Hewlett-Packard...

2017-12-27

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Disable, don’t delete those indexes

by Randolph West

Born SQL with Randolph West

A quick post this week, since it’s that time of the year when people do gift exchanges and put up...

2017-12-20

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Take a walk

by Randolph West

Born SQL with Randolph West

When I need to clear my head, I go for a walk. When I need to think about a problem,...

2017-12-13

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All Mac users should do this immediately

by Randolph West

Born SQL with Randolph West

This post is a public service announcement for all users of macOS High Sierra (10.13). (Note: Apple has already released...

2017-12-06

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Introducing SQL Operations Studio

by Randolph West

Born SQL with Randolph West

Note: This is content that I originally wrote for our upcoming book, SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside Out, that did...

2017-11-29

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MySQL has this feature that SQL Server needs

by Randolph West

Born SQL with Randolph West

In the grand scheme of things, MySQL and SQL Server operate in different realms. It’s difficult to compare them because...

2017-11-22

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SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside Out

by Randolph West

Born SQL with Randolph West

For the last five months or so, I have been helping some really smart people put words on paper, both...

2017-11-15

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T-SQL Tuesday: The Contributing Factor

by Randolph West

Born SQL with Randolph West

Ewald Cress writes: Find a person or several people to pick on, and tell us a shareable story or two...

2017-11-14

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Is Transparent Data Encryption just security theatre?

by Randolph West

Born SQL with Randolph West

I love theatre. In six months I am putting on two one-act plays for a local festival, because I don’t...

2017-11-08

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Gimmicks that work: XE Profiler in SQL Server Management Studio

by Randolph West

Born SQL with Randolph West

I have a favourite new feature of SQL Server Management Studio 17.3 (SSMS), and that’s XE Profiler, which allows you to...

2017-11-01

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Blogs

Audit – Security Compliance Frameworks (Part 1)

By Vinay Thakur

This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about...

Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container

By MarlonRibunal

In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...

Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code

Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...

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SQL 2025 SSMS Nonsense

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Yeah, I know this is a 2022 forum, but I don't see a 2025...

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Question of the Day

Limiting Checkpoints

If I use the -k parameter with a number after it, what does this change in SQL Server?

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