Switching the time zone

Keynoting at SQL Saturday #831–Christchurch

After our SQL in the City Summit in Brisbane last week, Hamish Watson () asked me if I’d do a short version of my keynote talk at the upcoming...

Moving to Serverless for Azure SQL DB

After the announcement of Serveless Azure SQL Datbase at //build/, I decided to give it a try. I have some Basic databases, so what would Serverless mean for me?...

Service Broker Queues

Adding Messages

High Prices for High Security

I was excited to see the new Secure Enclave technology come to Always Encrypted (AE) in SQL Server 2019. I've thought that the way Microsoft implemented the AE technology in SQL Server 2016 was a start and a good step forward, but it had too many restrictions. Kind of like Availability Groups in 2012 and […]

Getting the Winners

Long Live All Passwords

Steve talks about passwords and new guidance from Microsoft that short expiration periods are unnecessary and unhelpful.

Remove the Grant

Too Large a Workload?

Are you too busy at work? Steve Jones asks the question this week.