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A Full Backup can Impact a Log Backup–MCM Prep

In the early days of SQL Server you could not run a log backup while a full backup was running....

Hybrid Hires

Will you be a hybrid worker in your next job? Steve Jones notes that many of the new jobs that will be created in the future might involve hybrids.

Work Isn’t the Most Important Thing

I had quite an adventure today, away from work. We had a pipe freeze in the house, a sick kid,...

What’s a Passive Server?

Licensing software is often a more complicated process than I think it should be. Licensing database software seems to be...

What's a Passive Server?

Today Steve Jones talks about licensing and the complexity if brings in various scenarios. Do your passive servers have to be licensed? What is the definition of "passive"?

SQLCLR

It's Almost Always the Humans

Today we have a reprint of an editorial from Sept 19, 2005 as Steve Jones is on vacation. In this one, Steve Jones reminds companies that saving money sometimes on Customer Service isn't as easy as you think.

Master Training

Steve Jones talks about the value of deep training. He is aiming to get some from SQLskills this year as part of their MCM training series, even without trying to pass the certification.

A SQL Azure Customer

Not me, though I’m not necessarily against Azure in principle. I had a friend ask me for a SQL Server...