New Whitepaper: Deciding Between Merge and Peer-to-Peer Replication
Replication is still a major component of SQL Server today even with Availability Groups as an alternative to certain scenarios....
2015-10-01
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Blog Posts
October speaking schedule: Two Saturdays and a Summit
October is going to be a very busy month for me! Three conferences and a pre-con are on the agenda.
This...
2015-10-01
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Power Bi, PowerShell and SQL Agent Jobs
Continuing my series on using Power Bi with my DBA Database I am going to show in this post how...
2015-10-01 (first published: 2015-09-28)
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Session Target Metadata
In the case of the final core component, Targets, the exploration into the metadata can be a little awkward. At least at first. Read on to see how to...
2015-10-01
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Session Target Metadata
With the ability to find the metadata for deployed session, events and actions firmly under the belt, the natural progression...
2015-10-01
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SQL 2016 Row-Level Security Demo: Users with various clearance levels
SQL 2016 is right around the corner and one of the new security enhancements promised is Row-Level security for tables....
2015-10-01
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SQL Saturday Southampton Pre-con
It’s been a while since my last pre-con, in fact it’s been a while since my last SQL Saturday with...
2015-10-01
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SQL Server – Configuring custom Load Balancing in SQL Server 2012 and 2014 using Read-Only Routing
Starting with SQL Server 2012, AlwaysOn Availability Groups provided group level high availability for any number of databases for multiple...
2015-10-01
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SQL Server – Dynamically Generate Scripts for Configuring Read-Only Routing URLs and Lists
Read-only routing refers to the ability of SQL Server to route incoming read-intent connection requests, which are directed to an...
2015-10-01
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SQL Server – Script to generate Read-Only Routing URLs
If you are familiar with the new feature Read-Only Routing introduced in SQL Server 2012 with AlwaysOn then you should...
2015-10-01
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Forums
Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Checking the Error Log II
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