Stop Using Balanced Power with SQL Server
The OS default Power Plan for Windows is Balanced Power. This can cause degraded overall performance for SQL Server. Balanced Power is a great concept to help conserve energy...
2023-05-16
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Blog Posts
VMUG Ireland – Belfast
The second VMUG Ireland event of the year is taking place on the 15th of June in Belfast! When: Thursday 15th of June @ 2pm until 5pm Where: Ormeau...
2023-05-16
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Create First Azure Data Factory Pipeline
In my previous post, we explored the basics of creating First Azure Data Factory. Today, I want to delve deeper into the process of creating and configuring pipelines within...
2023-05-15 (first published: 2023-05-01)
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Leveling Up for Sales and Marketing
I’m heading to Austin today for Redgate’s internal Level Up conference. This is designed to help employees improve their skills in some way. The original ones focused on technology...
2023-05-15
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Microsoft Digital Event Pre-Show: Azure FastTrack, Power BI CAT, & Azure Synapse Analytics PG
Next week is Microsoft Build and there is a Microsoft Digital Event occurring on May 24 - 25 starting at 9 AM Pacific Time for a live simulcast with a lot...
2023-05-15
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Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 05-08-2023 Mother's Day, Big News for MS Build, & the recap
Hello Dear Reader!! We also have some really, really, BIG NEWS for next week! It also happens that next week is Microsoft Build, make sure to register for free! But...
2023-05-15
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TDE: Database Backups and High Availability
Database backups continue to work without change when you have TDE enabled. The only difference is that the backups contain encrypted data that cannot be read without the certificate...
2023-05-15
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Techorama Slides – Analyze Cosmos DB Data with Synapse Link
I’ve uploaded the slides for my session at Techorama to Github.
The post Techorama Slides – Analyze Cosmos DB Data with Synapse Link first appeared on Under the kover of...
2023-05-15
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The first two chapters of my book are available!
As I have mentioned in prior blog posts, I have been writing a data architecture book, which I started last November. The title of the book is “Deciphering Data...
2023-05-15 (first published: 2023-05-03)
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A New Word: Vemödalen
vemoödalen – the fear that originality is no longer possible I used to worry about this, and often I thought that I’d run out of original things to do....
2023-05-12
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Blogs
Expanding Your DBA Horizons: Installing PostgreSQL in a Home Lab
By gbargsley
Are you diversifying your DBA skillset? My recent job search made one thing clear:...
Back in the EU
By Steve Jones
I flew to Amsterdam last night and hopefully by the time this publishes I’ll...
The Feedback Multiplier: How Leaders Can Turn Input into Innovation
By Chris Yates
In every organization there is a hidden currency more valuable than capital, more enduring...
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Vector Datatype
The new Vector datatype in SQL Server 2025 is a binary type that has a few parameters. What parameters are required?
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