I mentioned this in my talk on Quantum Computing at the PASS Data Community Summit: Microsoft has announced that the post-quantum cryptography APIs are now generally available.
2025-11-26
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When Microsoft announced SQL Server 2025, I was curious about what would truly change the way developers and DBA’s interact with data. Over the years, we have seen incremental...
2025-11-26 (first published: 2025-11-05)
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It’s Monday. I’ve been home since Fri night, but with a busy weekend, I’m still recovering from the PASS Data Community Summit. There’s a nice wrap from the crew,...
2025-11-26
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This was announced last week at Microsoft Ignite and it's been covered by others such as Brent Ozar, but if you haven't heard, SQL Server 2025 is now generally...
2025-11-25
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Have you ever added a visual to a Power BI report page and published the updated report only to realize you forgot to adjust a related bookmark? It’s very...
2025-11-24 (first published: 2025-11-05)
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Redgate has a research arm, called the Foundry, that has been experimenting with AIs and DBA tasks. This post shows how GenAI tech can be helpful to DBAs in...
2025-11-24 (first published: 2025-11-05)
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The advantage of understanding the make-up of the exam: I can tailor my efforts for best results.
2025-11-24
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Introduction When you’re running MongoDB at scale with data distributed across multiple Pure Storage FlashArrays, achieving truly consistent backups becomes a critical and interesting technical challenge. In this post,...
2025-11-23
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dead reckoning– v. intr. finding yourself bothered by somebody’s death more than you would have expected, even if they were only an abstract presence in your life, like a...
2025-11-21
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Explore methods, tools and best practices for protecting data in databases, memory caches, storage systems and other stateful applications.Featured image by bangoland on Shutterstock.Kubernetes is a very powerful and...
2025-11-21
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By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
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What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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