SSMS and MFA support for Azure SQL DB
Quite a mouth full for a title but never the less very exciting. With the new version of SQL Server...
2017-08-30
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Blog Posts
System-Versioned Temporal Tables
Every once in a while, I like to take a moment and learn something new about the latest SQL Server...
2017-08-30
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What you need to know about memory limits on SQL Server
Last week, I posted this statement on Twitter, along with a screen capture of the official Microsoft documentation: Reminder: Max...
2017-08-30
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Working with the registry from within SQL Server
There is a lot of information within the Windows registry. Sometimes, it would sure be nice to work with the...
2017-08-30 (first published: 2017-08-16)
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You might be a DBA if
I’d been trying to think of a fun post to write and an homage to Jeff Foxworth’s You might be...
2017-08-30
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Database Fundamentals #8: All About Data Types
SQL Server provides all different kinds of data types in order to give you more flexibility and control for how...
2017-08-29
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Database Fundamentals #8: All About Data Types
SQL Server provides all different kinds of data types in order to give you more flexibility and control for how...
2017-08-29
1,428 reads
Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 64 – Dot Plot MAQ Software)
In this module you will learn how to use the Dot Plot Custom Visual by MAQ Software. The Dot Plot...
2017-08-29 (first published: 2017-08-17)
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 66 – Calendar by Tallan)
In this module you will learn how to use the Calendar Custom Visual by Tallan. The Calendar Visual provides a...
2017-08-29
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Tech news: Your phone screen is a dirty rotten spy
Great. Now you can't even trust your phone's screen, of all things, to not steal your data… https://t.co/KUyGjwsih2 — Adam Machanic...
2017-08-29
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Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
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Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
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How We Reduced SQL Server Infrastructure Costs by 33% on AWS: Lessons From a Database Operations Manager
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BIT_COUNT() V
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