How to find out whether your database is transactional, analytical or hybrid?
If you are a DBA, especially Infrastructure DBA, Production DBA or Operations DBA then you don't necessarily always know what...
2018-04-26
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Blog Posts
Securing Test and Dev Environments at the SQL Privacy Summit
Redgate Software is putting on a one day SQL Privacy Summit on May 18 in London at the Grange Tower...
2018-04-26
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SQL Ops Studio extension development : Starting an adventure
I’ve been in technology a long, long time (more than 2 decades). Over the years, I learned Access which took...
2018-04-26
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SQL Server 2016 – SQL Server Telemetry \ CEIP Services
CEIP (Customer Experience Improvement Program) is somethings runs from ages and almost each vendor perform it to collect product usage...
2018-04-26
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SQL Server Advanced Aggregations Part 1 Grouping Sets
This post is part 1 of a 3 part series…
Part 1 Grouping SetsPart 2 ROLLUP and CUBEPart 3 GROUPING and...
2018-04-26
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SQL Server database Backup and Restore strategies
One of the most important roles of a database administrator is to constantly protect the integrity of the databases and...
2018-04-26
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Benefits for Veterans
Wanted to share a few things I came across recently with regards to benefits for veterans:
You can get a printed...
2018-04-25
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Dates and Times in SQL Server: T-SQL functions to get the current date and time
We have come on quite a journey so far. SQL Server and Azure SQL Database provide date and time data...
2018-04-25
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Exploring the Caves of Code Analysis in #SQLPrompt
I enjoy themes, and when I ran across the SQL Prompt Treasure Island, I had to take a few minutes...
2018-04-25 (first published: 2018-04-16)
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In-Memory OLTP: A Case Study
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube.
When In-Memory OLTP was first released in SQL Server 2014, I was excited to start...
2018-04-25 (first published: 2018-04-17)
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Identities and Sequences III
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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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