Hobbies, stress relief, and meeting management: T-SQL Tuesday #99
It’s T-SQL Tuesday again! And in fact it’s the 99th one! Given that T-SQL Tuesday runs once a month that...
2018-02-23 (first published: 2018-02-13)
2,008 reads
Blog Posts
How I Used Pragmatic Works Training to Pass the Power BI 70-778 Certification
Recently I took and passed the Microsoft certification exam 70-778 for Power BI called Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft...
2018-02-23 (first published: 2018-02-12)
2,351 reads
SQL Server 2017 in a Docker Container running on a Mac – Tips and Tricks
I started using a MacBook Pro at work, and the very first thing I did was configure SQL Server 2017 running on a docker container, and run it locally...
2018-02-23
10 reads
SQL Server 2017 in a Docker Container running on a Mac – Tips and Tricks
I started using a MacBook Pro at work, and the very first thing I did was configure SQL Server 2017...
2018-02-23
527 reads
SQLCLR vs. SQL Server 2012 & 2014 & 2016, Part 7: “CLR strict security” – The Problem Continues … in the Past (Wait, What?!?)
If the new “CLR strict security” Server-level configuration option in SQL Server 2017 hasn’t caused enough confusion and pain, then,...
2018-02-23
1,389 reads
Using YouTube Captions & Transcript to Find Content in a Long Video
This week, I was pretty pumped to see that PASS published Erin Stellato (twitter) and Dejan Krakovic’s (linked in) excellent session on Query Store to the public. I attended...
2018-02-23
8 reads
Activate Conference 2018: Presentation info
A special hello if you're visiting this blog post during or after my workshops on Thursday afternoon, February 22 at...
2018-02-22
317 reads
Database Maintenance Without Breaking The Bank
Database maintenance does not have to be expensive. There are free tools out there that will make your life easier. Of...
2018-02-22 (first published: 2018-02-13)
3,167 reads
dbachecks – A different approach for an in-progress and incremental validation
dbachecks is a new PowerShell module from the SQL Server Community! For more information, read introducing dbachecks. If you don't...
2018-02-22
503 reads
dbachecks – Configuration Deep Dive
Today is the day that we have announced dbachecks a PowerShell module enabling you to validate your SQL Instances. You...
2018-02-22
1,072 reads
Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Forums
Foreach Loop still executes after process and delete all the folders
I have two challenges XML source control not displaying the XML file parent node...
Which 'Where' statement conditional upon a variable
Thanks in advance for any clues on this. I am trying to write a...
Backup to Immutable Storage
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Backup to Immutable Storage
Question of the Day
Backup to Immutable Storage
In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
See possible answers