Don’t be afraid of No
How many times have you been afraid to hear “No”? We have all been there because we have been trained over the years to perceive “No” as a rejection,...
2020-07-17 (first published: 2020-07-08)
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Blog Posts
On Dynamic Ports, Named Instances, and Firewalls
Recently I had a client and their vendor trying to configure a firewall for a new installation of SQL Server 2019 on Windows Server 2019.Connections to the SQL Server...
2020-07-17 (first published: 2020-07-13)
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Renewed as Microsoft MVP for 2020-2021
I have been fortunate enough to be renewed as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP for the calendar year July 2020 to June 2021. I’m honored, humbled, and thrilled that...
2020-07-17
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Using LAST_QUERY_PLAN_STATS in SQL Server 2019
In my opinion, SQL Server 2019 is one of the greatest releases of the product that Microsoft has ever produced. The amount of improvements across the platform really allows...
2020-07-17
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COMING SOON - New Content
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Hey everyone. Long time no chat. I wanted to write this quick post to let you know why there haven't been any videos in...
2020-07-16
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COMING SOON - New Content
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Hey everyone. Long time no chat. I wanted to write this quick post to let you know why there haven't been any videos in...
2020-07-16
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COMING SOON – New Content
Hey everyone. Long time no chat. I wanted to write this quick post to let you know why there haven’t been any videos in a while. If you are...
2020-07-16
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Daily Coping 16 Jul 2020
I’ve 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...
2020-07-16
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Do More, With Less
Next week, July 22 and 23, I’ll be presenting at Redgate Summit. Summt is our smaller, focused sessions. This one is about the concept of how DevOps, or, more...
2020-07-16
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Getting the Proc Code–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I saw a question recently about getting the...
2020-07-16 (first published: 2020-07-06)
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Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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