Speaking at Live! 360
I am super excited to announce that I have been selected to speak at SQL Server Live! in Orlando in November. I have selected to present two sessions, which...
2023-07-03
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Blog Posts
Speaking for Future Data Driven Summit 2023
I am excited to announce that I have been selected to speak for the Future Data Driven Summit 2023. This is a free online conference, on Wednesday, 27-September-2023, for...
2023-07-03
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What Happens in the Background when Executing Queries with Always Encrypted
In previous posts we've looked at a number of aspects of Always Encrypted and how it works. I think it's very useful to understand how it actually works in...
2023-07-03 (first published: 2023-06-15)
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A New Word: Licotic
licotic – adj. anxiously excited to introduce a friend to something you think is amazing – a classic album, a favorite restaurant, a TV show they’re lucky enough to...
2023-06-30
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The New Redgate Office in Cambridge
I’m in Cambridge, UK this week for the internal Global Marketing Week and Level Up Conference. This is my first visit to Cambridge in 2023, and we have a...
2023-06-30 (first published: 2023-06-14)
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Twenty Years as a Guardian ad Litem
Twenty years ago, I stood in a courtroom and took an oath for a volunteer job I had no idea I would fall so much
The post Twenty Years as...
2023-06-30 (first published: 2023-06-26)
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Azure chaos STUDIO
Chaos engineering is fun but especially important when building solutions in the cloud. It is great leveraging the cloud to build something, whether that’s a globally distributed website with...
2023-06-28 (first published: 2023-06-08)
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Code signing for mere mortals
Well, turns out code signing is pretty complex, so I’m writing this blog post as a guide for my future self. I hope he will appreciate, and perhaps some...
2023-06-28 (first published: 2023-06-10)
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Typing Strange Characters–#SQLNewBlogger
I’ve had to type a few non-English characters lately, and this blog talks about how to do this. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as...
2023-06-28
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When do Statistics get updated?
Statistics objects are important for allowing the SQL Server Optimizer to make good estimates and form efficient execution plans. Related to that it's useful for us to understand when...
2023-06-28
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Blogs
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO
By SQLPals
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO The purpose...
5 SQL Tricks Worth Remembering Before You Close the Laptop
Disclosure: this post may contain links to books as an affiliate link. If you...
Google – NotebookLM on ThakurVinay blog
By Vinay Thakur
Google has contributed a lot of stuff/enhancement on its portfolio, google is no longer...
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Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL, A Thank you message
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provisioning sql server via VMware Cloud Foundation
Hello, has anyone here ever provisioned and actually used an MS SQL Server with...
No More Deadlocks
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Question of the Day
No More Deadlocks
After detecting deadlocks in SQL Server 2025 and lowering the time threshold for detecting future issues, when does the Database Engine return to the 5s default interval?
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