Midlands PASS: SQL Server Security Basics
Midlands PASS (Columbia, SC) will be meeting on March 3, 2020, for our monthly user meeting. We’ve been on hiatus since the holidays but we should be meeting regularly...
2020-02-27
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Blog Posts
Removing ad hoc plans from Query Store
This is not a post about the “optimize for ad hoc workloads” setting on your favorite SQL Server instance, but that is a good place to start. Lots of...
2020-02-27 (first published: 2020-02-20)
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DBA, a job, a vital job
DBA, a job, a vital job. T-SQL a language that is fun. Select, a query to get some data. From, ... Continue reading
2020-02-26
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Join me at SQLBits 2020
The SQLBits conference is taking place in London again this year, between March 31st and April 4th, and I’ll be there. I will not be presenting this year, but...
2020-02-26
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Power BI Monthly Digest – February 2020
In this month’s Power BI Digest Manuel I will again guide you through some of the latest and greatest Power BI updates this month. In
2020-02-26 (first published: 2020-02-18)
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Quickly Create Github Release via Cli
TEST Intro
I've been trying to improve modularization with Terraform.
Using Terraform Cloud, you get a private module repository.
The modules are linked to tags in git.
I've wanted additionally to specifically create...
2020-02-26
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SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD – What is it really telling us?
I decided to write this off the back of a conversation I was having the other day around the SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD wait type. The conversation went something along the lines...
2020-02-26
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#PowershellBasics: Run a file and pass it a parameter.
I realized in my last #PowershellBasics post that I was talking about running a file and passing in an optional ... Continue reading
2020-02-25 (first published: 2020-02-17)
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Does dbatools Have a Function for That?
dbatools has a lot of functions. A lot. Over 550. There is a great command index on the website, and the documentation gets updated every time a new version...
2020-02-25
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Level Up!
Great news! I was accepted this weekend to speak at SQLSaturday Los Angeles! This officially counts as a level up for me for my deadlock resolution quest. The event...
2020-02-25
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Blogs
Creating a SQL Stored Procedure to Load a SCD2
By DataOnWheels
This is a blog that I am writing for future me and hopefully it’ll...
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Forums
Backup Availability Group
Please I am hoping for some feedback Specifications: Windows Server 2022 SQL Server 2022...
How Do the Experts Become Experts?
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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
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Question of the Day
Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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