Introduced with SQL 2016, Query Store was, probably without doubt, the most anticipated and talked out new feature. In this post we'll just take a brief look at it,...
2023-06-14 (first published: 2023-05-31)
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Yesterday at Microsoft Build, a significant announcement took place—the introduction of Microsoft Fabric, which is now available for public preview. Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, went as far...
2023-06-14 (first published: 2023-05-31)
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I repeat the phrase “If you aren’t monitoring it, you can’t measure it” all the time. Through my IT career, this has been a constant. If you don’t have...
2023-06-14
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In this post we’ll look at how you interact with data that is encrypted using Always Encrypted. The examples here will show how you run queries from SSMS, in...
2023-06-13
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I’m in the UK again, for my second trip this year. This time I have no commitments for speaking or presenting anything. I’m in town for a Marketing get-together...
2023-06-12
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The HUGE announcement at Microsoft Build yesterday was Microsoft Fabric (see Introducing Microsoft Fabric: Data analytics for the era of AI), now available in public preview. I have been...
2023-06-12 (first published: 2023-05-24)
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In SQL Server you can also compress your encrypted backups. Unlike TDE this has been possible with Backup Encryption since the feature was first made available, and there have...
2023-06-12 (first published: 2023-05-24)
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There is a scenario I have seen again and again. A company has developed a nice piece of software which many clients are running with happily. Then along comes...
2023-06-12
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Hello Dear Reader! Let's address the missing week. Last week I was really behind due to the move. We did not have a Monday video and despite my best...
2023-06-12
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slipfast adj. longing to disappear completely; to melt into a crowd and become invisible, so you can take in the world without having to take part in it –...
2023-06-09
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Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
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In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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