Running SQL Server on my Mac with Docker

My day to day work machine is a Windows 10 HP laptop. It remains docked at my desk where it happily helps me to go about my daily business. ...

Daily Coping 30 Apr 2020

I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...

Disk Performance Metrics in AWS and Azure

In the last two posts, we have discussed the different types of storage disks available in the AWS and Azure cloud platforms. We also discussed the characteristics that affect...

Query Store capture note: All does not mean what you think it means

As many of you know, Query Store is a wonderful tool for identifying query regressions, which in turn makes it an equally wonderful tool for migrations involving an upgrade...

Using Azure Functions in Azure Data Factory

(2020-Apr-19) Creating a data solution with Azure Data Factory (ADF) may look like a straightforward process: you have incoming datasets, business rules of how to connect and change them and...

Audit Logons with Extended Events

This article shows how to audit the logon events for SQL Server 2012 and beyond through the use of XEvents.
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Call to action: What do you own?

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Daily Coping 29 Apr 2020

I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...

IRL #7: Test Restores and CheckDB

My Pluralsight course for new SQL Server DBAs Problem: My client asked me for a way to automate test restores and CheckDB either ad hoc or on a schedule,...

PASS Summit 2020 pre-con time

In 2018, I entered Speaker Idol at the PASS Summit, and because I forgot to start my timer I was disqualified for running over the five-minute limit (say “five-minute...