You Can Say “No”
I heard about this new law that was passed to prevent employers from asking for your social media passwords. After...
2013-01-16
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Blog Posts
Day 13 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Standard Backup Scripts
31 Days of Disaster Recovery
Today’s post took longer to prepare than I had anticipated which is why day 13...
2013-01-15
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Exam 70-432 - SQL Server 2008 Implementation and Maintenance
For years, actually more like a decade, I've been saying that I'm going to get certified in SQL Server. Well...
2013-01-15
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Join me at SQLBits for a day of SSIS
I’m happy to announce that I’ve been selected to deliver a full day of training at the upcoming SQLBits conference...
2013-01-15
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New Year Aspirations – Chris Webb – SQLBits
SQLBits holds a special place for me as it was the first technical conference that I had ever been to....
2013-01-15
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Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices
Hello Dear Reader. Every now and then professionally you get to be a part of something really cool. Back in...
2013-01-15
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Ragged Flat File Processing in SSIS
Frequently I am asked how to properly use SQL Server Integration Services to handle ragged flat files, an example of...
2013-01-15
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Regression Testing before CUs and Service Packs
Someone asked me on Twitter recently if I ran full regression tests before applying Cumulative Updates (CUs). I decided it...
2013-01-15
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Scripts to Detect Data Warehouse Issues
Standards and best practices are like flu shots you take before you're infected; Database best practices protect your databases from...
2013-01-15
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Scripts to Detect Data Warehouse Issues
Standards and best practices are like flu shots you take before you’re infected; Database best practices protect your databases from...
2013-01-15
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Blogs
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
EightKB 2026: Registration is Open!
It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00...
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