Azure SQL Database (2022)

Daily Coping 31 Jan 2022

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

DP-900 Preparation Guide

This is part of a series on my preparation for the DP-900 exam. This is the Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals, part of a number of certification paths. You can...

Making Video Chat Better

Video chat is how many of us see our colleagues every week. It's not a great system, but maybe it can get better.

Are You a Good Engineer?

A thread about what it takes to be a good engineer has Steve commenting on those characteristics that are important to him.

CosmosDB and Consistency

I was doing a little work with CosmosDB recently, and there were a few things that surprised me about the platform.  I’m also not 100% sure I completely understand...

Daily Coping 28 Jan 2022

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

VS Live Cancelled

I got a note this week from the organizers of VS Live. They let me know the March event in Las Vegas was being cancelled.  That was disappointing to...

Daily Coping 27 Jan 2022

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Checking if a database has a master key–#SQLNewBlogger

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I’ve been working with encryption in SQL Server...