PASS Summit 2020 Precon Announcement
I am thrilled to announce that I have been accepted to deliver a preconference boot camp called ‘Amplify Your Virtual SQL Server Performance‘ at this year’s PASS Summit conference,...
2020-05-18
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Blog Posts
Stairway to Microsoft Azure SQL Database Part 3 : Purchase Models DTU vs vCore continue
In the last post, we have discussed the DTU purchase model. Azure also provides another purchase mode which is called vCore. vCore purchase model available with all three deployment...
2020-05-17
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Azure DevOps Agent Job Names
I’ve been working with some complex builds lately, multi-stage ones, and I’ve been annoyed by the Azure DevOps agent. If you’re like me, you might see this in Agent...
2020-05-15 (first published: 2020-04-29)
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Clumio’s Rapid Recovery is amazing for SQL Server
Clumio’s Rapid Recovery is amazing, and you should know more about it. You might not have heard of Clumio before. Clumio is an upstart SaaS-based backup solution for both...
2020-05-15 (first published: 2020-04-30)
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Daily Coping 15 May 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...
2020-05-15
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Power BI Monthly Digest – April 2020
This month we will likely have two releases of the Power BI Desktop. The April release was delayed into May so it could be announced
2020-05-15
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Check Out My MBAS Presentation on Power BI Report Accessibility
I had the privilege of working with Tessa Hurr (PM on the Power BI team) on a presentation for the 2020 Microsoft Business Applications Summit (MBAS) about five features...
2020-05-14
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Daily Coping 14 May 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...
2020-05-14
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Presenting at “Data Architecture Day” this Saturday (May 16th) at 4:10 PM EDT
Presenting about Module Signing at "Data Architecture Day" this Saturday (May 16th) at 4:10 PM EDT… Continue reading Presenting at “Data Architecture Day” this Saturday (May 16th) at 4:10...
2020-05-14
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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. ...
2020-05-14 (first published: 2020-05-01)
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Blogs
KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 6
By Zikato
A cryptic message, a book cipher hidden in art provenance records, and a trail...
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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