Checking for SQL Server Updates with dbatools
It turns out I was doing this all wrong for months.
For the longest time, I’ve been checking my SQL Server instances to see what needs patching with Test-DbaBuild from...
2020-04-28
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 28 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...
2020-04-28
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How to edit a connection in Azure Data Studio
Did you ever want to rename an existing connection in Azure Data Studio? Unfortunately as of today (April 2020), there is no way to modify an existing connection group or...
2020-04-28 (first published: 2020-04-16)
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Installing SQL Server 2019 on Azure VM
Unfortunately, this is not an on-premises SQL Server install because I do not have the right operating system available for SQL Server 2019, which includes the below: Windows 2016...
2020-04-28
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SKLearn – Python
4 Steps: Import Class: or from sklearn.linear model import logistic regression instantiate / estimates or logreg=logistic regression Fit model with data [ Model Training ] logreg.fit(x,y) Predict response: logreg.predict(x)
2020-04-28
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Daily Coping 27 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...
2020-04-27
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Explain RDBMS and History of SQL Server?
RDBMS means Relations Database Management System. RDBMS is one of the DBMS types where data is stored in 2 dimension structures called “Table”. RDBMS stores data in table format...
2020-04-27
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It’s 2020, Do I really need to DBCC CHECKDB?
I’ll start by saying that I swear I posted this at some point in the past but I don’t see it looking back at old posts. This is from...
2020-04-27 (first published: 2020-04-15)
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ML Models
In this series I would be talking mostly about Python and R, we would understand the different ML model supported in Python. Python is a great open source language...
2020-04-27
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Register for Data Platform Discovery on Apr 29
The agenda is out for the US Data Platform Discovery Day. It’s online, and takes place this Wednesday, April 29, 2020. You can register and check out all the...
2020-04-27
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Backing Up a DMK
In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?
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