New Job -> Week 4 -> Set Up Auditing
This is part of a series of new job blog posts. You can find them all here. The main goal for week 4: set up auditing for all Azure...
2023-04-19 (first published: 2023-04-06)
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Blog Posts
Using Azure Data Factory to read and process REST API datasets
(2023-Apr-10) Yes, Azure Data Factory (ADF) can be used to access and process REST API datasets by retrieving data from web-based applications.To use ADF for this purpose, you can simply...
2023-04-19 (first published: 2023-04-10)
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New Job -> Week 5 -> Create Index Maintenance Scripts
This is part of a series of new job blog posts. You can find them all here. Week 5 goal: set up Ola index maintenance for all Azure SQL...
2023-04-18 (first published: 2023-04-17)
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Best way to monitor high worker thread on SQL Server
It is common to see high worker count issue on the production server and it can have a range of negative impacts on SQL Server performance and stability, potentially...
2023-04-17 (first published: 2023-03-31)
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Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 04-10-2023, Taylor Swift, & The Disney 10 Miler
Hello Dear Reader! Last week was a really busy week with an even busier weekend. We will get to the show recap's in a moment but first let's dive...
2023-04-17
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Truncating very large transaction log in full recovery mode
While I always configure transaction log backups for every database in non-simple recovery model, and to compliment it I also have monitoring in place if transaction log doesn't get...
2023-04-17 (first published: 2023-03-31)
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Autonomous Driving Around London
There’s a video of Bill Gates taking a drive in an autonomous car around London. I’ve been to London dozens of times, ridden and cabs and Ubers, and even...
2023-04-14 (first published: 2023-03-31)
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Typing with Your Tongue Part 2: Voice Access
A few months ago, I wrote a post on how I use voice technology to continue working with my ALS condition. Since that post was written, Microsoft released a...
2023-04-14 (first published: 2023-03-28)
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Flyway Desktop PoC–Adding a Shadow and Baseline Script
In the last post, I created a baseline marker for Flyway in each database. This set the version in the dev and QA databases to v1. However, I also...
2023-04-12
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How to Change the Browser Used by SSMS for AAD Auth
Did you know that you can change the browser used by SQL Server Management Studio to authenticate using Azure Active Directory to a SQL database in Azure? I had...
2023-04-12 (first published: 2023-03-28)
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Blogs
Introducing the SQL Server on Kubernetes Operator
Are you considering replatforming your SQL Server workload due to recent vendor changes, but...
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
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