Daily Coping 1 Oct 2021
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...
2021-10-01
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Blog Posts
Data Platform products for Microsoft gaps
Microsoft has a ton of data platform-related products, but there are certain areas where they either don’t have a product or what they have is limited and you need...
2021-10-01 (first published: 2021-09-22)
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Lambda Architecture in data systems and possible meaning of this name
(2021-Sep-21) There is one scene in "The Core" movie that I really like when two geophysicists were asked to explain certain anomalies that were projected on a computer screen. One of...
2021-10-01 (first published: 2021-09-21)
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Power BI: Adding Columns to a Published Data Model using the XMLA Endpoint & TMSL
Goal of this demo: Update a Power BI model schema by adding a column to the data model without opening a PBIX file and ensure the scheduled refresh still...
2021-10-01
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Daily Coping 30 Sep 2021
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...
2021-09-30
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Will We See You Tomorrow at WordCamp US 2021?
Let's meet at WCUS 2021! We'll be there and we hope to see you there as well!
2021-09-30
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Best Practices for SQL Server on VMware - Distilled
The intent of this post is a quick reference guide based on the recommendation made in “Architecting Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere” April 2019 version. The target audience...
2021-09-29
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Containers: A Short Rant
I find myself doing more and more work with containers. Yet, I also find that a lot of people seem to be resistant to the concept. I’m always surprised...
2021-09-29 (first published: 2021-09-20)
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Daily Coping 29 Sep 2021
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...
2021-09-29
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Removing a Deleted Column from a Data Masker Masking Set
Data Masker for SQL Server is a great tool ensuring the data you use in non-production environments is compliant with any regulations by obfuscating and changing sensitive data. This...
2021-09-29 (first published: 2021-09-20)
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Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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