DevOps Days Minneapolis
Once again, I’m off to a conference next week. This time it is DevOps Days Minneapolis. I haven’t been to a DevOps Days event, though I always enjoy DevOps...
2024-07-29
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Blog Posts
The Importance of Patch Management to Avoid Downtime
A recent Microsoft outage caused by a bad patch pushed out to Windows instances managed by CrowdStrike has thrown a spotlight on the critical importance of effective patch management....
2024-07-29 (first published: 2024-07-19)
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SQL Saturday Baton Rouge 2024–Resources
For my talk at SQL Saturday Baton Rouge 2024, here are the resources. Slides: Architecting Zero Downtime.pptx GitHub: https://github.com/way0utwest/ZeroDowntime If you have questions, reach out.
2024-07-27
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A New Word: Vicarous
vicarous – adj. curious to know what someone else would do if they were in your shoes, eager to watch another actor put their own spin on the character...
2024-07-26
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Automattic for Agencies x Endoh Collaborative: A Match Made in WordPress Heaven
Endoh Collaborative harnesses the power of Automattic for Agencies to spend more time on their clients.
2024-07-26
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MVP No more, But It’s OK
Embracing Limitations: Finding Strength and Purpose in Hard Times For four years, I was honored to receive the MVP award for my work in the
The post MVP No more,...
2024-07-26 (first published: 2024-07-12)
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T-SQL Tuesday #176: One piece of advice for Past Steve
I almost missed this month, so this is also a good #SQLNewBlogger post. I thought about it for a few minutes as I ate breakfast at my desk and...
2024-07-26 (first published: 2024-07-09)
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Customizable Footer Credits Are Here
Whether it's "Made with love and WordPress" or "Bob Ross rocks," you can now customize footer credits on your website.
2024-07-24
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How I implemented database migration on AWS using AWS DMS
As a Software Engineer, I would like to replicate a copy of my database from on-premise infrastructure to AWS. This will require me to look for a perfect tool...
2024-07-24 (first published: 2024-07-20)
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T-SQL Tuesday #176 One piece of advice that you wish Past you had
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by a dear friend, long time SQL Server MVP and book author – Louis Davidson. Louis’s call is for us to blog about...
2024-07-24 (first published: 2024-07-09)
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Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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