The DevOps Roadshow(s) from Redgate

I’m back from an office trip this week to Pasadena. I had the chance to go to the office, do some internal training for people, and spend time with...

Updated training list for a new DBA

Met an eager young volunteer at SQLSatBR over the weekend who inspired me to update a blog post that hadn't been refreshed in a few years. See the [UPDATED] Training...

Adding Copilot to Azure Data Studio and a Few Experiments

As a part of a recent Data Exposed that I was on, there was an ADS update which mentioned Copilot being added. Since I’ve been experimented, I decided to...

Appalachian State Cyber Summit – September 8, 2023

Looking to attend a security summit in cooler weather that will benefit students? Applachian State holds an annual cybersecurity summit and this year it is scheduled for September 8,...

A Basic SQL Script to Monitor Long Running SQL Server Agent Jobs

A Basic SQL Script to Monitor Long Running SQL Server Agent Jobs

 As a SQL Server DBA, especially Production/Operations DBA in a relatively large environment,...

How To Identify The Grain

Creating a data warehouse can be challenging. Identifying the grain is one of the most important parts of having a quality data...

Searching for People

Inside Redgate Software, someone posted a picture and was asking if anyone knew who the person was. In this case, there had been a conversation at an event, and...

SQL Homework – August 2023 – Have the best practices changed while you weren’t looking?

It’s been a bit since I did one of these so let’s go back to the basics. Best practices. We ... Continue reading

T-SQL Tuesday #165: Database Job Titles Roundup

This month I prompted bloggers to talk about what database job titles mean to them. Thank you to all who posted on this topic! Don’t worry; if you still...

Fill Out The State of the Database Landscape Survey and Maybe Win

If you’re like me, you sometimes wonder how different other environments are from the one I work in. Well, the ones I used to work in. These days I...