Expensive Enterprise Backup Tools – A survival guide
If you’re working for a big company, chances are that your IT already has a strategy and tools for dealing...
2017-09-13
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Blog Posts
Speaking at IT/DevConnections 2017
If you’re going to be in the San Francisco area in October, let’s get together and talk. I’ll be at...
2017-09-13
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Toolbox - IO, IO, Why are You So Slow?
This is the next in a series of blogs I am going to create talking about useful tools (mostly scripts)...
2017-09-13 (first published: 2017-09-06)
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What does this little check box do?
Ever wander around SQL Server properties and wonder what these little check boxes turn on? I do, and I get...
2017-09-13
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#TSQL2sDay – Starting Out with PowerShell
This months TSQL2sday is hosted by me!
Surprise! – I chose PowerShell
I am really looking forward to seeing what other people post....
2017-09-12
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';SELECT *: How Unicode Homoglyphs Can Thwart Your Database Security
For the past couple weeks I've been writing about how to protect your database from a SQL injection attack. Today, we will keep the trend going by looking at how...
2017-09-12
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Automate Migrations–T-SQL Tuesday #94
It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again, and I’m slightly pressed for time, which is sad. This is a great topic.
Rob Sewell...
2017-09-12
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Creating Hyper-V VMs with Powershell
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Rob Sewell (b|t) and surprise, surprise, it focuses on Powershell so I thought...
2017-09-12
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Database Fundamentals #10: Modifying Tables
Invariably, either while building a new database, or while maintaining old ones, you will find that the business needs change...
2017-09-12
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Do I Need to Master PowerShell?
As a SQL Server DBA, do you need to be a master of PowerShell scripts? In this 9 minute episode, I talk about how much you need to know...
2017-09-12
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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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