Working with Query Files (Day 5)
So you’re working with a query that you have loaded from a saved file. And now you want to open...
2018-01-05
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Blog Posts
An Identity Crisis: Is it Profiler or is it Extended Events?
I have been working on this article for far longer than one might think is necessary for something of this...
2018-01-04 (first published: 2017-12-22)
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Azure SQL Analytics
Azure SQL Analytics is currently in preview mode, still it is very impressive. The goal of this feature is to...
2018-01-04
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Interview with Mohammad Darab
Recently I was interviewed by Mohammad Darab, and his questions were very insightful! I had a lot of fun answering...
2018-01-04
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MVP Data Platform
Holy Cow! I still can’t believe it, I was awarded the Microsoft MVP – Data Platform today. I guess I really...
2018-01-04
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Pinned Tabs (Day 4)
Have you ever been working in SSMS where you need to frequently access one particular script, but you are spending...
2018-01-04
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Sharepoint Diagnostics and XE
One of the all-time greatest and most beloved applications among DBAs happens to be Sharepoint. Most of us would be...
2018-01-04
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Sharepoint Diagnostics and XE
In this article I have introduced you to a quick session setup that comes from using the SPDiag tool that could plausibly be useful in the troubleshooting of various...
2018-01-04
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Speaker at SQL Saturday’s Guatemala city 2018
I’m very thrilled to announce that I will be participating as speaker in this year’s SQL Saturday event in Guatemala city!
Here...
2018-01-04
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Which Collation is Used to Convert NVARCHAR to VARCHAR in a WHERE Condition? (Part A of 2: “Duck”)
(If you’re reading this on SQL Server Central, please click here to see the “Featured Image” which will help explain...
2018-01-04 (first published: 2017-12-08)
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Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
Forums
Backup Availability Group
Please I am hoping for some feedback Specifications: Windows Server 2022 SQL Server 2022...
How Do the Experts Become Experts?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How Do the Experts Become...
Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments...
Question of the Day
Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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