SQL Engine basics: Caching data
SQL Server engine does an excellent job to optimize query performance and it has different methods to achieve this goal, one of these methods is the data caching.Data caching...
2019-07-05
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Blog Posts
Taxing Travels
It was a long weekend of travel for me not too long ago, starting at 4:30am on Friday and ending at 7:30pm Sunday night. This was for SQL Saturday...
2019-07-05
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Using the Announcement/News Part of SQLSaturday
One of the interesting but not often used features of the SQLSaturday tools is the announcement/news (in the admin tools, its Message Center | Announce News) to do mini-blog...
2019-07-05 (first published: 2019-06-15)
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Where do you do your database development? Hopefully not production
Here are three scenarios, if you work with SQL Server either as a provider of database environments (DBA) or a consumer of database environments for your application (developer) then...
2019-07-05
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Where do you do your database development? Hopefully not production
Here are three scenarios, if you work with SQL Server either as a provider of database environments (DBA) or a consumer of database environments for your application (developer) then...
2019-07-05
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Why I Take Pictures at Conferences
Why do I take pictures of screens at conferences? Let me count them up for you! Read on...
2019-07-05
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AWS SSM PowerShell Script Automation
SSM Overview
I’ve found that working with a large number of environments in AWS can provide some interesting challenges for performing various tasks, in a way that scale.
When you begin...
2019-07-04
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Azure Databricks – create new workspace and cluster
In this post, I will quickly show you how to create a new Databricks in Azure portal, create our first cluster and how to start work with it. This...
2019-07-04
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Job History – Back to Basics
An important part of any DBAs job is to ensure database related jobs are running prim and proper. Sometimes that just doesn't happen. When jobs are being overlooked, it...
2019-07-04 (first published: 2019-06-20)
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SQL Server Containers Are Boring
Not really, but sort of. The beauty of containers, at least in a dev/test environment, is the ability to spin them up while you need them and then throw...
2019-07-04 (first published: 2019-06-17)
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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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This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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