Last Week Reading (2020-02-02)
Hello. We have a beautiful date today, haven’t we? And LWR posts are coming back after a long one-month break. Press Columnstore Indexes – part 130 (“Columnstore Indexes on...
2020-02-02
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Blog Posts
Last Week Reading (2020-02-02)
Hello. We have a beautiful date today, haven’t we? And LWR posts are coming back after a long one-month break. Press Columnstore Indexes – part 130 (“Columnstore Indexes on...
2020-02-02
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2020-02-02
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Slides & Links from SQL Saturday Cleveland
Thank you to everyone who came out to see my presentation Keys to a Healthy Relationship with SQL Server at SQL Saturday Cleveland. I had a great time and...
2020-02-02
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High Availability options for SQL Server 2008 in an Azure VM – a #sqlhelp story
I asked a question on Twitter yesterday: And check out the magic of the sqlhelp hash tag, I got loads of answers! So many that I’m actually selecting a...
2020-02-01
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Implementing HA on MSSQL Server (AlwaysOn Availability group)in an on-premise environment (Part 1)
I am very passionate about having a disaster recovery architecture, plan and strategy. This is very important for business continuity. I will be walking you through a journey on...
2020-02-01
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ASF 028: Uwe Ricken interview
Introduction Uwe Ricken is working with IT systems since the 90’s. He found the way to the technology of Microsoft SQL Server with the assignment for the development of...
2020-01-31
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ASF 028: Uwe Ricken interview
Introduction Uwe Ricken is working with IT systems since the 90’s. He found the way to the technology of Microsoft SQL Server with the assignment for the development of...
2020-01-31
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Bring Your Own Key to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance TDE
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...
2020-01-31 (first published: 2020-01-24)
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Changing the owner of a schema removes all direct permissions of objects owned by the schema.
This is one of those things that probably doesn’t happen all that often, but bit me in the … elbow ... Continue reading
2020-01-31 (first published: 2020-01-22)
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Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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