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2024-09-03
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Blog Posts
Using T-SQL Snapshot Backup - Point in Time Recovery - Azure Edition
Introduction In this post, the third in our series on using T-SQL Snapshot Backup, I will guide you through using the new T-SQL Snapshot Backup feature in SQL Server...
2024-09-03
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Building a Cost-Effective SQL Server Failover Cluster in Google Cloud Platform
Building a SQL Server Failover Cluster in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a powerful way to ensure your databases remain highly available, even in the face of unexpected failures....
2024-09-02 (first published: 2024-08-13)
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Expanding Northwind with Prompt+
I was trying to do a little testing of our subsetter and needed a larger database. So I decided to ask Prompt + to help me with a little...
2024-09-02 (first published: 2024-08-14)
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Using T-SQL Snapshot Backup - Are Snapshots Backups?
Introduction Traditional SQL Server backups can struggle with large databases, resulting in longer backup times and resource contention. T-SQL Snapshot Backup, a new feature in SQL Server 2022, addresses...
2024-09-01 (first published: 2024-08-31)
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A New Word: Flashover
flashover – n. the moment a conversation becomes alive and real, when a spark of rust shorts out the delicate circuits you keep insulated under layers or irony, momentarily...
2024-08-30
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Developer Q&A: Dika Fei of Jelly Pixel Studio
"Let me know where you get your magic pixie dust from!"
2024-08-30
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Friday Flyway Tips: Git Integration in Community Edition
Redgate added Git integration to the free, Community edition of Flyway Desktop. I saw the announcement and decided to make this post to show how this can work for...
2024-08-30
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Python: How to use secrets stored in azure key vault in your Pulumi project
Software Engineers are excited to create Infrastructures just like DevOps Engineers. However, other IaC tools like Terraform and CloudFormation, relies on domain-specific Languages (DSLs) or JSON/YAML templates to create...
2024-08-30 (first published: 2024-08-15)
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Migrate Your Azure Data Studio Connection List
I wanted to migrate some connections without recreating them and wondered how to do that in Azure Data Studio. It turns out to be easy. I post about whatever...
2024-08-28 (first published: 2024-08-12)
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Blogs
Creating a Striped Backup Set with AI
By Steve Jones
I needed to test a striped backup, so I decided to ask the AI’s...
SQL Server Migration Overview
By Kevin3NF
It’s Not Just Backup / Restore At some point every company faces it: the...
Trace Flag 1448 – Lessons from a Technical Interview
By gbargsley
In SQL Server environments where transactional replication runs alongside Always On Availability Groups (AGs),...
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