Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS) Presentation Slides
Thanks to everyone who attended my “Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS)” for the Data Architecture Virtual Chapter. The recording...
2012-12-21
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Blog Posts
It’s A Data Type Conversion Chart
This may not be the coolest thing in the world, but it is quite useful. From the annals of Books...
2012-12-21
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Long time no blog…
So, you may have noticed that things have been a little quiet around here of late. Sorry about that, I’ve...
2012-12-21
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On the Ninth Day…
It’s the end of the world as we know it. And as the song goes…I feel fine! But hey, we...
2012-12-21
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On the Ninth Day…
Creating a custom data collector can be very handy for a DBA. Especially in times of troubleshooting. These collectors are also quite useful for trending and analysis. Consider this...
2012-12-21
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Reblog: December 14 to December 20
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2012-12-21
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Recharging Again
I’m off again, taking a week in Steamboat Springs with my family for the Christmas holiday. We’re spending a week...
2012-12-21
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Tempdb Contention That Can’t be Soothed
Tempdb Contention That Can’t be Soothed By Adding Files
Tempdb Contention via Idera diagnostic manager
I’ve talked a lot in the past...
2012-12-21
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The Principle of Least Privilege
One of the tenets of good security is that no person or process is granted more rights than it needs...
2012-12-21 (first published: 2012-12-17)
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On the Eighth Day…
Today’s post is merely an illusion. The illusion being that we have finally stopped talking about the msdb database. I’ll...
2012-12-20
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Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
Forums
query to track time spent on individual tasks in SSIS
Hi everyone I am looking at building a query to determine how much time...
SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database
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Hidden Heroes
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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