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
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Hyperscale Replicas III
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Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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