Tracking End of Support/Life Software
I wanted to save this link to the Microsoft Support Lifecycle page and thought I’d share as well. It’s a...
2012-12-22
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Blog Posts
What Is Your Mindset?
Steve Jones sent me a link to this post about Intelligence vs Effort months ago, since then I’ve looked at...
2012-12-22
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A really simple Multiprocessing Python Example
Purpose and introduction A Python program will not be able to take advantage of more than one core or more...
2012-12-21
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Dude Where Did my AD Account Go? Troubleshooting Duplicate SID's.
Hello Dear Reader! I've been working on Setting up a Virtual Lab in using Virtual Box on my work laptop....
2012-12-21
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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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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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Blogs
TRY_PARSE Limitations: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I got a notification from a question I’d posted at SQL Server Central: Getting...
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices
By SQLPals
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices In...
Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026 Report is out
By Brian Kelley
Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing are two areas of emerging technology that receive most...
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A Limited Startup
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A Limited Startup
I add this parameter to SQL Server 2025 in the Configuration Manager:
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