Last year Azure SQL Database Managed Instance saw the introduction of bring your own key (BYOK) functionality for transparent data encryption (TDE). This functionality has been in the singleton...
2020-01-24
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FUN FACT: I have been a Microsoft Certified Professional for SQL Server for over 20 years. Second FUN FACT: the last time I took a Microsoft certification exam was...
2020-01-24 (first published: 2020-01-18)
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This article takes us to the edge with a couple of CRM related errors after changing the service account to a more secure Managed Service Account. Despite the CRM...
2020-01-23
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2019 was a busy year for me. I presented sessions in over 10 countries, averaging speaking at two conferences per month. I also helped organise Data Relay and attended...
2020-01-23
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Previously I wrote about In-Memory Optimized Tables, in this blog I am going to discuss how to determine which tables could benefit from being In-Memory by using a tool...
2020-01-23 (first published: 2020-01-15)
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I ran into a rather obscure permissions problem the other day. Since I wasn’t able to figure it out on ... Continue reading
2020-01-23 (first published: 2020-01-16)
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For me it’s a bit surprising how little information can be found regarding the “Process Add” option which I consider as the best choice for incremental data load to...
2020-01-23
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We have been working on a new custom module for Inspector V2, in fact this module is part of a new project where we will be producing two other...
2020-01-22
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If you go through all the stuff I’ve written about Extended Events, you’ll find that I use causality tracking quite a bit. However, I’ve never just talked about what...
2020-01-22 (first published: 2020-01-13)
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That aging hippie (he likes Apple products and has a goatee) known as Brent Ozar wrote a post recently about his home office studio setup, with a big focus...
2020-01-22
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By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
Hi, below i show various results trying to reach our ftp site (a globalscape...
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