Introduction Growing enterprises or businesses that want to remain competitive must make quick decisions daily. While experience and expertise are essential in that process, making those critical calls is...
2025-02-14
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Introduction Building a practical data governance framework can feel like building a house: you need a strong foundation, reliable materials, and the right team to make it all work. Data governance is crucial for organizations to manage, protect, and utilize their data effectively. A well-defined framework...
2025-02-13
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You can’t just exec DROP ROLE your_role_name; if it’s granted perms or other roles are granted to it. I had to go fishing to find all the grants to...
2025-02-12 (first published: 2025-01-27)
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Straight from Microsoft’s documentation “Microsoft Entra authentication is a mechanism of connecting to Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server by using identities defined in Microsoft Entra ID. With Microsoft...
2025-02-12 (first published: 2025-02-03)
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I have a few clients that incrementally load tables from a SQL Server source into their data warehouse or lakehouse by using change tracking. Lately, they encountered some issues...
2025-02-10 (first published: 2025-01-31)
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Over the years I’ve been called in to work with numerous clients that were hit with ransomware. Even the times that the customer paid the ransom to unlock their...
2025-02-10
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This is more complicated than using the Azure Migration method, but because it’s maxed out on resources for the last week in the east regions (and possibly central), and...
2025-02-10 (first published: 2025-02-09)
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In this post, the fourth in our series, I want to share an example demonstrating SQL Server 2022’s T-SQL Snapshot Backup feature in a scenario where a database spans...
2025-02-10 (first published: 2025-02-01)
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I’ve covered how to create Elastic Jobs in the portal (this one is important to read if you aren’t familiar with elastic jobs already), with Terraform, and with Bicep....
2025-02-09 (first published: 2025-02-07)
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redesis – n. a feeling of queasiness while offering someone advice, knowing they might well face a totally different set of constraints and capabilities, any of which might propel...
2025-02-07
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By Steve Jones
Superheroes and saints never make art. Only imperfect beings can make art because art...
One feature that I have been waiting for years! The new announcement around optimize...
Following on from my last post about Getting Started With KubeVirt & SQL Server,...
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In SQL Server 2025, how many columns can be included in a Primary Key constraint?
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