Focusing on Business Value
This was a fun talk with David Atkinson at Redgate. We talk satellites, finance, and more. Including some early history of the company. We are talking about how to...
2019-11-14 (first published: 2019-11-08)
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Blog Posts
Transaction log Information gathering
Here are the different ways to know the tlog file related information sys.dm_db_log_stats – Provide summary of tlog information SELECT * FROM sys.dm_db_log_stats(db_id()) sys.dm_db_log_info -DMV function for VLF information...
2019-11-14
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What's New in SQL 2019? at BRSSUG
Thanks to everyone who joined the BRSSUG for a night all about SQL Server 2019! We got off into tangents and use cases for Big Data Clusters, columnstore, graph...
2019-11-14
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Data Lake Architecture using Delta Lake, Databricks and ADLS Gen2 Part 3
This is the third post in a series about modern Data Lake Architecture
where I cover how we can build high quality data lakes using Delta Lake,
Databricks and...
2019-11-13
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Data Lake Architecture using Delta Lake, Databricks and ADLS Gen2 Part 3
This is the third post in a series about modern Data Lake Architecture
where I cover how we can build high quality data lakes using Delta Lake,
Databricks and...
2019-11-13
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Did you know we have another SQL Server book coming out?
SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside Out was the first technical book I contributed to, and all its authors were very happy with how it turned out. All the content...
2019-11-13
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Microsoft Ignite Announcements
Microsoft Ignite has always announced many new products and new product features, and this year was no exception. Many exciting announcements, and below I list the major data platform...
2019-11-13 (first published: 2019-11-06)
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MS Ignite Day #2 Recap
Day 2 was my opportunity to be focused and dive into a few technologies that were really peaking my interest, namely Azure Synapse Analytics and SQL Server 2019. Since...
2019-11-13 (first published: 2019-11-06)
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PASS Summit 2019 Takeaways
I attended my 16th PASS Summit this November 6th, 2019 at Seattle. It was a wonderful week of learning and networking. Below are my takeaways for key days. The...
2019-11-13
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SQLpassion Online Training about Intelligent Query Processing
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the essential knowledge you need to know about performance...
2019-11-13
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Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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