Boost Your Career with #SQLNewBlogger
A few years ago Ed Leighton-Dick started the #SQLNewBlogger challenge. He asked people to start writing about their career and building their own brand. I thought it was a...
2022-02-08
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 8 Feb 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-02-08
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Data Thoughts – T-SQL Tuesday #147 – Upgrade Strategies
G’day, This months T-SQL Tuesday (January 2022) invite is brought to you by Steve Jones – @way0utwest Steve’s asked us to write about “Planning for upgrades“ In the not...
2022-02-08
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Data Lakehouse, Data Mesh, and Data Fabric
(NOTE: I have returned to Microsoft and am working as a Solution Architect in Microsoft Industry Solutions, formally known as Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS), where I help customers build...
2022-02-08
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SQL Database Backups using DBATools PowerShell Module
Want to learn how to set up a PowerShell DBA environment? Here's how to configure it for SQL Server backups. T
2022-02-08
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Upgrade Strategies – T-SQL Tuesday #147
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is about how we look at SQL Server upgrades, hosted by Steve Jones. My experience of SQL upgrades is that they tend to be largely...
2022-02-08
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Azure DB for MySQL – Storage v1 vs v2
When it comes to MySQL and storage you will normally have to decide on 3 options: basic, general purpose v1 or v2. Basic does support up to 1TB and...
2022-02-07
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Daily Coping 7 Feb 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-02-07
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Identify When your SQL Database Was Last Used
Database servers are used for storing vast amounts of data. It is essential to know when any user last used the database. This blog will cov
2022-02-07 (first published: 2022-01-24)
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Passed DP-900–A Review
This is part of a series on my preparation for the DP-900 exam. This is the Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals, part of a number of certification paths. You can...
2022-02-07
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Blogs
Changing the Cardinality of a FK in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Future-Proofing: How to Stay Ahead in FinOps
By HeyMo0sh
Cloud environments don’t sit still. Pricing models change, services evolve, workloads grow, and suddenly...
Introducing the SQL Server on Kubernetes Operator
Are you considering replatforming your SQL Server workload due to recent vendor changes, but...
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