Finding a History of Database Snapshots, Taken and Restored

This is a question that’s come up twice this morning, firstly where can we find a history of database snapshots and secondly where can we find a history of...

Restore with Standby–#SQLNewBlogger

A customer had a question about restoring with standby, so I wrote a quick post to explain how this works. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully...

Yet another newsletter

I’ve been thinking about starting a newsletter for a while now. I want to focus on summaries and what stood out for me from among the many cool talks...

Chicago Database DevOps in a Day Workshop

I’m heading to Chicago today for the Redgate Database DevOps in a Day workshops. This is the first of many on the US tour. I’ll be at 5 of...

Remotely Check Disks Space, Find Large Files and Remove Old Files - PowerShell

Remotely Check Disks Space, Find Large Files and Remove Old Files - PowerShell

 For a very important client, I currently manage over 200 SQL...

How to Create a Time Table in Power BI Using DAX

Lately, I’ve been having to create items in Power BI, that I haven’t had to do for a while, this week it was a Time table. Of course, I...

Serving layers with a data lake

Data lakes typically have three layers: raw, cleaned, and presentation (also called bronze, silver, and gold if using the medallion architecture popularized by Databricks). I talk about this is...

A New Word: mahpiohanzia

mahpiohanzia – n. the frustration of being unable to fly, unable to stretch out your arms and vault into the air, having finally shrugged off the burden of your...

Finding Identity Columns–#SQLNewBlogger

I had to find a set of identity columns recently and through this would make a good blog post. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves...

Open Online Community Hangout During PASS Summit

Are you bummed that you can’t attend the PASS Data Community Summit conference in-person this November during the week of November 13? There’s lots of reasons to be there,...