The final word on storage for DATETIME2
Two years ago I wrote a post that got a lot of traction in the comments at the time. Last month there was renewed interest because one of the...
2020-09-02
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Blog Posts
Who is your Fail-Safe Agent??
Did you know it is possible for SQL Server Agent to alert you of problems if something goes haywire with your Agent? Have you ever had an issue with...
2020-09-02 (first published: 2020-08-25)
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Creating Azure SQL Database AAD Contained Database Users with an SPN using PowerShell, Secrets Management, Azure Key Vault, and dbatools
Following on from my posts about using Secret Management Good bye Import-CliXml and running programmes as a different user, I have another use case. After creating Azure SQL Databases...
2020-09-01 (first published: 2020-08-21)
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Daily Coping 1 Sep 2020
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...
2020-09-01
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Fun with Power BI and Color Math
I recently published my color contrast report in the Power BI Data Stories Gallery. It allows you to enter two hex color values and then see the color contrast...
2020-09-01 (first published: 2020-08-20)
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SQL Homework – September 2020 – More DML Triggers
Triggers. Still blech. In June I asked you to play with DML triggers. Well, one more time. First of all ... Continue reading
2020-09-01
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A kubectl plugin to decode secrets created by Helm
Last week I wrote a blog post about Decoding Helm Secrets. The post goes through deploying a Helm Chart to Kubernetes and then running the following to decode the...
2020-08-31 (first published: 2020-08-18)
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Cleanup Pesky SQL Error Logs
If you are like me, you inherited variously configured SQL Servers when you took over as the DBA for your company. After almost two years, I have gotten all...
2020-08-31 (first published: 2020-08-18)
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Daily Coping 31 Aug 2020
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...
2020-08-31
23 reads
Change Azure SQL Database Service Level Objectives in SSMS
Sometimes as a DBA, I am lazy and want the ability to execute all of my tasks in one place. Lucky for me I discovered the other day that...
2020-08-28
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Backing Up a DMK
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