How to Tell Your Windows Azure SQL Database Moved
The very concept of the Windows Azure SQL Database (WASD) is predicated on the up-time created by having three active copies...
2013-05-13 (first published: 2013-05-07)
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Blog Posts
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #32
For those that follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the day I tweet out some links of...
2013-05-13
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SQL Server – How to Move Table to Another Schema
Starting with SQL Server 2005 all tables are grouped into schemas. While creating a table if the schema name is...
2013-05-13
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Use Powershell to find and punish – er, delete – rogue files
I like to know what’s on the drives that are supposed to be dedicated to data and log files. So I...
2013-05-13
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Security Questions: What permissions are required to create temporary tables?
As I mentioned in the introductory post, in the Introduction to SQL Server Security session for Pragmatic Work’sTraining on the T’s, I...
2013-05-12
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Database Assessment
This script looks much more intimidating than the results it produces, so I recommend running it before reading through it. ...
2013-05-11
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Database Administration KPIs – 2/2
In my last post, I discussed about the quantitative KPIs which, to me, are useful for “outsiders”, i.e. non-DBAs, to...
2013-05-10 (first published: 2013-05-04)
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Drafting Email You’ll Never Send-Probably
It’s not uncommon to get frustrated about something at work and send out an email blasting whatever person or group...
2013-05-10
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2013-05-10
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Non-Tech Books On My Desk
This post is inspired by Andy Warren’s ( b | t ) “Books On The Desk” post.
I’ve got plenty of SQL Server books...
2013-05-10
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Blogs
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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