Daily Coping 26 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to focus on what’s good, even if today feels tough. Yesterday was a tough day. I got busy, distracted, had some bad news come up,...
2023-01-26
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Blog Posts
Working With Tags in FlashArray using PowerShell
Introduction Purity is the operating environment that runs Pure Storage products like FlashArray and Cloud Block Store. Starting in Purity 6.0, you can assign tags to objects. This post...
2023-01-26
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Daily Coping 25 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to be gentle with yourself when you make mistakes. I forgot about a commitment. I had agreed to do a webinar and prepare some content....
2023-01-25
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Encryption, Comparing your Options in SQL Server
The question of encryption seems to be coming up a lot recently. I’ve had a number of people asking me about how to go about encrypting SQL Server. SQL...
2023-01-25 (first published: 2023-01-17)
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You can run a SQL Server Docker container on Apple M1 and M2 Silicon
Previously the only way to run SQL Server on Apple Silicon was via QEMU emulation or Colima (hat tip to Anthony Nocentino). Docker released beta support today for Apple’s...
2023-01-25 (first published: 2023-01-12)
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Daily Coping 24 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to get outside and notice five beautiful things. I decided to do this on a snowy, stormy day in Denver. I was up early with...
2023-01-24
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Exam Cram with DataWeekender talk - Think Like a Certification Exam
Fresh off of a two-part, co-authored blog series on certification exams and test-taking prep, I've got a fresh batch of fun sample questions for the January 2023 Data Weekender Exam...
2023-01-24
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So, you're considering pursuing a certification exam
Part 1 of 2. This blog post is co-authored by Ajayi Anwansedo, PhD and William Assaf, who met and worked together at The Futures Fund, a STEM non-profit which offers introductory coding and...
2023-01-24 (first published: 2023-01-23)
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Daily Coping 23 Jan 2022
Today’s coping tip is to eat healthy today with some nourishing food. A few days before think I was getting ready for my daughter to leave for university. I...
2023-01-23
13 reads
SQL Server Quickie #44 – SQL Server on Docker
Today I have uploaded SQL Server Quickie #44 to YouTube. This time I’m talking about SQL Server on Docker.
2023-01-23 (first published: 2023-01-16)
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Blogs
Changing the Cardinality of a FK in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Future-Proofing: How to Stay Ahead in FinOps
By HeyMo0sh
Cloud environments don’t sit still. Pricing models change, services evolve, workloads grow, and suddenly...
Introducing the SQL Server on Kubernetes Operator
Are you considering replatforming your SQL Server workload due to recent vendor changes, but...
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