SQL Server 2005 – Failed Maintenance Job
I Know SQL Server 2005 is no longer in support by Microsoft, but Want to provide a solution for those...
2017-08-27
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Blog Posts
Azure Cloud “Fear” Busting #4 – Losing Control?
So the decision to move to the cloud has been made but there is a fear from people that once...
2017-08-25 (first published: 2017-08-14)
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Friday Reading 2017-08-25
Great week this week as I’ve been selected to speak at 4 of the SQL Relay events in October! Really...
2017-08-25
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I will be speaking at PowerShell Conference Asia 2017
Which better way could I have to launch my blog if not with great news ?!
I am so happy and excited to announce that I will be speaking at PowerShell...
2017-08-25
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Microsoft Azure – How to check details about Azure VM sizes using PowerShell
In this blog we will discuss about how to check the details about Azure VM tiers and sizes. Microsoft Azure...
2017-08-25
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SQL Server Replication snapshot initialization taking long time to be applied
Hello all,
In today's post I want to share a tip that helped me troubleshoot an issue I was facing and...
2017-08-25
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SQL Server Replication snapshot initialization taking long time to be applied
Hello all,In today's post I want to share a tip that helped me troubleshoot an issue I was facing and couldn't find much documentation about it. To my friends...
2017-08-25
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Bad Parameter Sniffing Decision Flow Chart
Lots of people are confused by how to deal with bad parameter sniffing when it occurs. In an effort to...
2017-08-24 (first published: 2017-08-15)
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Data Virtualization vs Data Warehouse
Data virtualization goes by a lot of different names: logical data warehouse, data federation, virtual database, and decentralized data warehouse....
2017-08-24
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Randomness in Security Configuration
We were deploying a new web service. Because of the nature of the service, we wanted it to listen on...
2017-08-24 (first published: 2017-08-14)
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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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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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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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