Weekly reading #29
The Data Breach Game: The 9 Worst IT Security Practices Joey D’Antoni shows bad practices for security in SQL Server. He summarizes all the most important areas you should...
2019-10-21
8 reads
Blog Posts
Weekly reading #29
The Data Breach Game: The 9 Worst IT Security Practices Joey D’Antoni shows bad practices for security in SQL Server. He summarizes all the most important areas you should...
2019-10-21
26 reads
Last Week Reading (2019-10-20)
Hello folks! 2 weeks passed but eventually, I have some news for you. Press Support for Azure Databricks Instance pool for operationalizing Databricks workloads in Data Factory Public Preview...
2019-10-20
12 reads
“xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun” – git in terminal does not work after macOS upgrade to Catalina
This blog post is how to get git going after upgrading to Catalina (10.15). I use git as a method of storing all my presentations and work files. It...
2019-10-19
1,776 reads
GotoWebinar (and Teams) won’t screen share after macOS update to Catalina (10.15)
This blog post is about the situation where after upgrading to the latest macOS version 10.15 – also known as Catalina – you may not be able to share...
2019-10-18
57 reads
Interview with Bob Ward
This is the eight interview we have done. This time our guest is the one and the only Bob Ward! Bob Ward is a Principal Architect for the Microsoft...
2019-10-18
9 reads
Just Getting Specific Files in PoSh–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. Just a quick one today, but a tip...
2019-10-18 (first published: 2019-10-09)
231 reads
Undercover TV Podcast – Intent Locks
The first of our new series of new look podcasts, David has a look at intent locks in SQL Server and what the purpose of them is.
2019-10-18 (first published: 2019-10-14)
196 reads
Backup Techniques for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
In the previous blog post I did a quick overview building a SQL VM (imaged) in Azure. It is now time to clarify some backup techniques because it can...
2019-10-17
34 reads
Geneology with SQL Graph – I
I have been working a lot of SQL Graph related queries and applications of the graph data concept to the extent possible within SQL Server’s graph capabilities. Genealogy, or...
2019-10-17 (first published: 2019-10-14)
1,197 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
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