[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] When it comes to deploying SQL Server onto an Azure IaaS VM, it is sometimes difficult to know the best option to deploy the SQL Server...
2016-07-26
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Here's this weeks list of courses. At £750 plus VAT... I can't see how you can fail
1902: Linux Virtualisation 4...
2016-07-26
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Get SQL Server configuration, service info, start type along with enabled Trace Flags of local or remote servers.
This script outputs...
2016-07-26
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This week is my fourth week on the spin being involved in a Learning Tree Course. This week we have...
2016-07-26
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There are many suggestions for loading a data warehouse using SQL Server integration Services (SSIS). Once you get started, you...
2016-07-26 (first published: 2016-07-21)
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I recently presented a free webinar for Pragmatic Works where I discussed new security features in SQL Server 2016. You can...
2016-07-26
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Over the last four years I’ve blogged almost 400 times. It’s become a refuge, a resource, a source of pride,...
2016-07-25
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This is the fourth week of four of my July training programming and this week we have two courses that...
2016-07-25
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I am very happy and proud to share the news that I will be speaking in SQL Server Geeks Annual...
2016-07-25
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I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Baton Rouge on August 6th 2016! This will be my...
2016-07-25
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Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
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One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
Microsoft fixed the AVX instruction issue in SQL Server 2025 CU1. The container now...
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In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers