Server Hardware or Coffee?

Today Steve Jones looks at the relative cost of hardware and how we sometimes cause ourselves issues by not spending enough.

The PowerShell String

Using Parameters in #SQLPrompt

I am a big fan of snippets in SQL Prompt, often using them in demos to quickly get code written. However, I’ve liked the idea of snippets and templates...

Finding Non Current Cumulative Updates

A short article to help you quickly find a CU that isn't the latest one.

Data Gravity

Data has its own gravity and an inhibit agility when it grows too large.

Renaming Columns

Resetting an Azure SQL Database Admin Password

This is likely something that most people know, but it was a bit confusing for me. This post is really here to remind me and help cement this in...

Using a PoSh variable in a string- #SQLNewBlogger

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This is something I haven’t quite understood or...

Better Protection from Hardware

Today Steve looks at a research project from Microsoft that provides some better protection from firmware security issues.

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