SQL Saturday NYC Update 1
It has been one week now since SQL Saturday NYC was announced and the planning committee and myself are very...
2014-12-03
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Blog Posts
SSRS SharePoint Integrated Mode – Report Server URL
This is a short, but hopefully sweet post for someone, whom, like me, might have had to end up spending...
2014-12-03
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 45 (“Multi-Dimensional Clustering”)
Continuation from the previous 44 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
I have blogged a couple times (part 29 – “Data Loading for Better...
2014-12-02
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Exam Prep 70-463: Just the facts, ma’am
This post is part of a series on this blog that will help me, and hopefully you, pass exam 70-463: Implementing...
2014-12-02 (first published: 2014-11-24)
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Get Information on Current Traces Running
This is just a quick informational query to save as a snippet to get some quick information on running traces,...
2014-12-02
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More Notes From The PASSWatch Project And Thoughts on Transparency
It’s been just over two months since I wrote the first post for PASSWatch. I’m trying hard to keep PASSWatch...
2014-12-02
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Preparing a Technical Session Part 1: Picking a Topic
So you’ve decided or perhaps were told to do a technical presentation. If this is something that’s new for you...
2014-12-02
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Review: Ghost of My Father
I finished reading Ghost of My Father by Scott Berkun over the holiday weekend. It’s an intense read about the...
2014-12-02
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SQL Server 20082008 R22012 || Remove Node from failover cluster
Steps to remove node from failover cluster for SQL Server 2008 onwards :-
Note :-
a) Same process will be used to...
2014-12-02
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Capturing DB Usage stats – sp_spaceused simulation using DMV’s.
SP_SPACEUSED
sp_spaceused is one of the system stored procedure used frequently by many dba’s that reveals amount of space used by...
2014-12-01 (first published: 2014-11-24)
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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 ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item This Week's AI Trust Problem...
Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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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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