SQL Server Reliability: Clearing the Fuzzy Thinking

The terminology around reliability is a mess If you’ve ever said, “We’re covered, it’s replicated,” you’re in good company.   SQL Server is a massive, 35+ year-old product that...

FabCon Vienna 2025 Recap

Holy cow FabCon Vienna was incredible! This recap is extremely delayed because I’ve run into some serious decision fatigue about what to include (and my amazing hubby got me...

Run SQL Server 2025 and SQL Server Management Studio on macOS Tahoe

Short version You want to get this running as fast as possible. Do these four steps, and then check the compatibility section later in this post. Step 1: Install...

SQL Server 2025 GAs Today

If you aren’t watching the Ignite keynotes today, then you might have missed the announcement that SQL Server 2025 officially releases today. The main SQL Server page gives you...

The Roundup for T-SQL Tuesday #192

Last week I asked you to write about SQL Server 2025 and what things you might be looking forward to in the new version. First, as usual, is Rob...

Writing Better Dynamic SQL

Writing Better Dynamic SQL

This updated and "sort" of a style guide is for SQL developers and, to some extent, DBAs, essentially anyone daring (and sometimes...

Accelerated Database Recovery for tempdb in SQL Server 2025

Accelerated database recovery was introduced in SQL Server 2019 and provides fast recovery, instantaneous transaction rollback, and aggressive log truncation. A complete overview of how ADR achieves this is...

Seeing the Bigger Picture: How A Monitoring Tool Changed My Approach to Estate Management

When it comes to managing complex database environments, having the right monitoring solution is critical. That’s why I’ve relied on Redgate Monitor at different points in my career. It...

Logged in as a member of an Azure AD Group Error while Deploying DACPAC

Quite a long title for a short blog post ??While deploying a DACPAC (from a SQL Server Data Tools Database Project) through Azure Devops, I got the following error...

Github Copilot in SSMS can include data in its memory, simple prompt injections ahead

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) has recently added support for Github Copilot. This is a great feature that can help with writing SQL queries and scripts sql development. However,...