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Presenting Twice in May 2026

I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person twice in May 2026. With summer vacations coming up, this is a perfect time of...

2026-03-30

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EightKB 2026

EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is back…it’s all happening on August the 20th! We’ve open our call for speakers, you can...

2026-03-27 (first published: )

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SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption

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A Las Vegas Break

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Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up

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Identities and Sequences III

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Identities and Sequences III

When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?

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