Spring may be long gone but you still need to clean up MSDB
System databases are often neglected, part of this is due to Microsoft’s message of SQL Server will run and look...
2014-06-12
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 (SP2) RTM Is Now Available !
SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 (SP2) RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Service Pack...
2014-06-12
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SSIS Lessons Learned, Or Not, And Mistakes Beginners Make
It’s been a while since I’ve used SSIS for anything of substantial complexity, and a lot longer than that since...
2014-06-12
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VMware vSphere 5.5U1 NFS APD Patch Released
If you are running VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 1 and are using NFS-connected storage, update your hosts ASAP (test first,...
2014-06-12
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What is this default trace you speak of?
I frequently see the default trace mentioned in answers to forum questions, blog posts, articles, even training sessions. My knowledge...
2014-06-12
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Win a Free Copy of my Book - Getting Started with SQL Server 2014 Administration
Readers of my blog would be pleased to know that I have teamed up with Packt Publishing and we are...
2014-06-12
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ETL vs ELT Data Migration
ETL Process
Reporting databases need to consolidate data from across many applications within an organization. In order to successfully pull data...
2014-06-11
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SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery Options
Working with Microsoft SQL Server for many years I have spent a lot of time discussing the importance of the...
2014-06-11 (first published: 2014-06-10)
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SQL Server with Red-gate SQL Source Control – Working folder management with TFS
I’ve already spoken about source controlling database using Visual Studio Online and Red-Gate SQL Source Control in this post. The described kind...
2014-06-11
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SQLSaturday in Vermont, Idaho, South Dakota, Montana, Alaska, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Wyoming
Did the list of states in the title catch your eye? That’s the list of states where PASS is trying...
2014-06-11
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Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Forums
Which 'Where' statement conditional upon a variable
Thanks in advance for any clues on this. I am trying to write a...
Backup to Immutable Storage
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Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Backup to Immutable Storage
In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
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