Understanding Fabric MCP

Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is one of those technical ideas that sounds more complicated than it really is. The easiest way to think about it is this: MCP...

A Redgate Data Modeler Gotcha with Relationships

This happened to me recently after being busy with non-data modeling tasks for a few weeks. I went to add a relationship and was confused about the behavior. Read...

Breaking Rules in Rome

Last week I was honored with a trip to Rome for the Redgate President’s Club. I was awarded this, along with our top people in Sales, for the work...

Why Claude?

Every major model out there can summarise documents, write code and answer multi step questions – then if you decide to go with a specific vendor based on costs...

Advice I Like: Celebrate Success

“On the way to a grand goal, celebrate the smallest victories as if each one were the final goal. That way, no matter where it ends, you are victorious.”...

How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift

Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying the most expensive queries is crucial to optimize resource usage and improve overall system efficiency.

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ISACA AI Material/Exam Prep Discount (May 18 – June 30, 2026)

If you are considering any of the ISACA AI certs like the Advanced Artificial Intelligence Audit (AAIA) or the newly release Advanced Artificial Intelligence Risk (AAIR), ISACA will be...

SSMS Evaluation – future ready

In previous posts, we looked at the SQL Server engine. for us DBAs, the SSMS plays an important role for handling/Managing SQL Server. we have been using these tools...

Programmatically Retrieving MLV Lineage and Refresh Times

Materialized lake views (MLVs) in Microsoft Fabric are an effective way to implement medallion architecture declaratively, but once you have a pipeline of MLVs in production, you need visibility...

The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech

If you’ve been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server, PowerShell, and the day-to-day work of being a DBA. Execution plans, availability groups, dbatools scripts...