SQLSaturday Orlando Notes – Kahoot
The last two years we did Family Feud as part of our end of day gathering. Fun, exciting, and energetic are all words I’d use to describe it. Definitely...
2019-11-08 (first published: 2019-10-22)
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Blog Posts
Create Azure Data Studio SQL Notebooks with PowerShell
At PASS Summit today I gave a presentation about SQL Notebooks in Azure Data Studio for the DBA. I demo’d the PowerShell module ADSSQLNotebook. which you can also find...
2019-11-07
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Finding out the most cached database in the buffer cache - The DMV Way
While there are many ways and criteria to find out what database is the most used, under optimized, trouble maker etc....., here is one more to find out the...
2019-11-07
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Getting Started With Terraform
TEST Getting started with using Terraform for infrastructure can be a bit daunting if you've not dived into this stuff before. I put this together as a write up...
2019-11-07
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Pass Summit 2019 Keynote Day 2
I’m blogging they Keynote! One of my bucket list things has always to live blog a keynote at Pass Summit ... Continue reading
2019-11-07
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PASS Summit 2019: Day 1 Keynote – my takeaways
I’ve been at the bloggers table for two years now. I felt honored to be selected this year too. The day has started a bit differently – bloggers were...
2019-11-07
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Personal Goal Accomplished: Speaking at the PASS Summit
I mentioned on twitter that a family tragedy about a decade ago had resulted in a false start with respect to this goal: After a false start about a...
2019-11-07
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Removing SSMS Completion Time–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. If you’ve upgraded your SSMS lately, you might...
2019-11-07 (first published: 2019-10-30)
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SQL Server Backup / Restore from URL
I think many have covered how you should backup your SQL Server database to Azure storage (also known as backup to URL) but what about restoring? Lets assume you...
2019-11-07
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That slippery slope
We need to have processes and rules. They are important to any business. That said, exceptions are also going to ... Continue reading
2019-11-07 (first published: 2019-10-30)
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Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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