Testing SQL Server backups and offloading integrity checks
We have a fair number of pretty large databases, and I was having a hard time scheduling full integrity checks to run at least once a week. For a...
2021-05-18
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Blog Posts
2020 Advent of Code – Day 5
This series looks at the Advent of Code challenges. As one of my goals, I’m working through challenges. This post looks at day 5. I’m going to do this...
2021-05-17
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All jobs that ran during a given time frame.
Short post today. Simple query that will tell you every job that ran between two datetime stamps. Note: this of ... Continue reading
2021-05-17 (first published: 2021-05-06)
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Daily Coping 17 May 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...
2021-05-17
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One-click Portfolio Designs, Instant PDF Embeds, and More Improvements to the Block Editor
We have some exciting new block editor updates to share with you today including fresh collection of Portfolio block patterns, a new and improved way to embed a preview...
2021-05-17
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Powershell Practice with a War Game
I attended part of the recent PowerShell + DevOps summit, and one of the sessions was from Fernando Tomlinson (@wired_pulse and @underthewire_ps) on incident response. He talked about a number...
2021-05-17 (first published: 2021-05-05)
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Tech Field Day 23 Recap
April 21 to 23 saw a new milestone for me. I was a new delegate for the 23rd Tech Field Day! It’s an absolute honor and thrill to be...
2021-05-17
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What’s new with Power BI?
At the Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2021, a ton of new features for Power BI where announced. Below is my list of top ten new features, but there were...
2021-05-17
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Daily Coping 14 May 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...
2021-05-14
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Query Store on Azure SQL Database
Under the covers, Azure SQL Database is just good old fashioned SQL Server and this includes Query Store on Azure. While many things can be different when working with...
2021-05-14 (first published: 2021-05-03)
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Blogs
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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