Daily Coping 10 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to notice three things you find beautiful in the outside world. I haven’t been outside a lot lately. It’s been cold and I’ve been busy...
2023-03-10
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturday Atlanta 2023 Recap
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at SQL Saturday Atlanta! If you’re in the area, I highly recommend connecting with the local user group...
2023-03-10 (first published: 2023-02-27)
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Daily Coping 9 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is set an intention to live with awareness and kindness. One of the best things about these coping tips is that I have learned to be...
2023-03-09
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Using a data lakehouse
As I mentioned in my Data Mesh, Data Fabric, Data Lakehouse presentation, the data lakehouse architecture, where you use a data lake with delta lake as a software layer...
2023-03-09
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30 Interview Questions for a Database Administrator and Developer
This blog post summarizes the type of technical questions I would ask candidates for a Microsoft SQL Server data platform administrator and database developer role.Hopefully this helps both candidates...
2023-03-08 (first published: 2023-02-28)
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Daily Coping 8 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is ask someone how their day is going and really listen to them. I had the chance to do this with one of the kids I...
2023-03-08
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Documentation vs Automation
Originally, I was going to write a post on troubleshooting SQL Server. This is because I’m writing up and reviewing a lot of documentation at my current job. I’ll...
2023-03-08 (first published: 2023-03-01)
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T-SQL Tuesday #159– Resolutions
I missed T-SQL Tuesday last month. I got busy and distracted with some travel. For #159, Deepthi Goguri hosted. I’ve enjoyed watching her blog and grow her knowledge the...
2023-03-08
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Daily Coping 7 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is give positive comments to as many people as possible today. On a travel day, I made an effort here. Those are always better for me,...
2023-03-07
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Synapse Analytics workspace – deployment challenges
Azure Synapse Analytics is not just “another service” in the Azure. It’s very comprehensive set of tools rather than one-goal-tool (like Azure Key Vault or even Storage Account). On...
2023-03-07
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Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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