Welcome to The Monday Morning DBA
I started my IT career twenty years ago as a VB and C developer, wandered into C++ for a bit,...
2017-09-30
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Blog Posts
Adding a Replica back into a SQL Server Availability Group
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the...
2017-09-29 (first published: 2017-09-25)
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Friday Reading 2017-09-29
Another busy week almost over and today I’m heading to Utrecht for SQL Saturday Holland! Never been to Utrecht before...
2017-09-29
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Love and Hate for SSMS
People have strong feelings about SQL Server Management Studio: they love it AND they hate it. In this week’s episode, I talk about why people have such conflicting feelings...
2017-09-29
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SSAS Tabular DirectQuery–No Hierarchies in Dimensions
I recently was testing DirectQuery to see the reporting differences in a Tabular Model. After Deploying to a development server and analyzing in Excel, the hierarchies for the Date...
2017-09-29
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SSMS 17 Dark Theme
Have you ever wanted SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 17 to have a dark theme? Seeing the below image (visual...
2017-09-29
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Stop waiting for SQL Server Service Pack 1 before upgrading!
It’s not stable until Service Pack 1…
Are you at a company that doesn’t install a new version of SQL Server...
2017-09-29
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Test Database Compatability with dbatools
I really like the dbatools project. This is a set of PowerShell cmdlets that are built by the community and...
2017-09-29 (first published: 2017-09-20)
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All Day DevOps–A Free, Virtual Conference
All Day DevOps is coming on Oct 24. This is a 24 hour event, with 100 sessions live, online. You...
2017-09-28
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Ask HN: Would you run SQL Server on Linux?
Hacker News is one of the best sources for technical news out there. I check HN at least once a...
2017-09-28
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Blogs
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
By ReviewMyDB
Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab....
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident
By SQLPals
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident SQL...
Forums
does anyone used https://github.com/ktaranov/sqlserver-kit
Could you please let me know if anyone is used https://github.com/ktaranov/sqlserver-kit github for deployment...
How Can Database Performance Improve the Overall Website Experience?
I’ve been looking into ways to improve the connection between a website and its...
When And How to Automate?
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Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas II
How many Azure SQL DB Hyperscale HA replicas can be configured as of Sept 2026?
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