Elect The Next PASS Board Members
The PASS board elections are coming up and there is a twitter chat event to ask questions to the candidates...
2017-09-12
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Blog Posts
Power BI Report Server (On-Premises) for All Data Sources is Available!
Power BI Report Server August 2017 Preview is now available. Think of this a “v.Next” of Power BI Report Server...
2017-09-12 (first published: 2017-08-28)
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Remove an Active Lease on a Blob in Azure
I was creating and dropping VMs in Azure, and found myself charged money for disks that I thought I’d deleted....
2017-09-12
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Setting the Sample Rate for Auto Stats updates
SQL Server functionality can move on pretty quickly sometimes, and it’s not always all about the big features but the...
2017-09-12
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Someone is not following the best practices – dbatools and Pester don’t lie!
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is brought to us by my good friend Rob Sewell (b | t) and we will "Let’s...
2017-09-12
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SQL Server: SARGability part 2
In case you missed the first post on this topic, you can read it here: SQL Server: SARGability. This post...
2017-09-12 (first published: 2017-09-07)
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SQLOrlando
We’ve haven’t had a good solution for managing money for SQLSaturday and our groups here in Orlando. In the early...
2017-09-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #94 - Automating Configuration Comparison
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Rob Sewell and he’s posed the following question:
What are you going to automate today with PowerShell?
I’m cheating a little bit in that...
2017-09-12
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Turn on/off Azure VMs with Powershell
T-SQL Tuesday has rolled up on us yet again. This month it’s Rob Sewell’s (b/t) turn to host and picked...
2017-09-12
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Warning Handling in dbatools Automation Tasks
So I’ve been using dbatools for automated restore tasks and came across a SQL Server Agent job that I wrote that was reporting success but the job was actually...
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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