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 before you vote. Both tweeter events will be on...
2017-09-13
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Blog Posts
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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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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Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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Checking the Error Log III
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