T-SQL Tuesday #119–Changing My Mind
After missing the last T-SQL Tuesday, I’m back for the latest invitation from Alex Yates. In this one, Alex asks us to write about something in IT where you...
2019-10-08
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Blog Posts
A #DevOps Discussion on Thursday with Abel Wang
I’m hosting a webinar later this week with Abel Wang, one of the talented members of the League of Extraordinary Cloud DevOps Advocates at Microsoft. This Thursday, October 10,...
2019-10-07
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Debugging techniques (focusing on T-SQL)
tl;dr; Add PRINT and/or SELECT statements. Comment/uncomment out pieces of code to isolate problems. Change INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE statements to SELECTs. Disclaimer: ... Continue reading
2019-10-07 (first published: 2019-09-23)
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Download Power BI Audit Logs with the New Get-PowerBIActivityEvents cmdlet
Earlier this week a new version of the MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt module was made available on the PowerShell Gallery. Two new cmdlets were included in the module Remove-PowerBIReport and Get-PowerBIActivityEvents. The...
2019-10-07 (first published: 2019-09-30)
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Preparing for PASS Summit 2019 - Logistics & Survival
It’s time once again to prepare ourselves for the endurance test that is PASS Summit, November 5-8. I’ve participated in the Summit Buddies program the past two years, but...
2019-10-07
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SQL Injection Mitigation in SQL Server 2019
I’ve been teaching a lot more about SQL Injection lately (including blog posts). I’ve been doing this because, despite this being a 21 year-old problem with well defined solutions,...
2019-10-07
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Updated: Getting Started with Installing Kubernetes
Let’s get you started on your Kubernetes journey with installing Kubernetes and creating a cluster in virtual machines.
Kubernetes is a distributed system, you will be creating a cluster which...
2019-10-07
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Updated: Getting Started with Installing Kubernetes
Let’s get you started on your Kubernetes journey with installing Kubernetes and creating a cluster in virtual machines. Kubernetes is a distributed system, you will be creating a cluster...
2019-10-07
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Last Week Reading (2019-10-06)
Hello Azure/Power/BI/Data fella! Another two weeks passed very quickly and the new edition of Community conference in the UK is about to begin. Check whether you can attend one...
2019-10-06
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How I applied 13 cumulative updates in 12 minutes
Twitter is a strange place. I mean, aside from all the outrage practice and animal videos. Last week I sent out a tweet about how I used dbatools to...
2019-10-04
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
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