SQL Server Database Experimentation Assistant - How to Run a Capture
DEA
Very basic look at the setup as I couldn’t find much documentation on this when I last tried this out in 2018. Maybe it will help you get started...
2019-02-08
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Blog Posts
ALTER TABLE Fails on Replicated Tables With Isolation Level SERIALIZABLE or READ UNCOMMITTED on SQL2012 and Earlier
It’s 4am in the morning and my phone starts ringing.
A blury eyed, me picks it up to hear the voice...
2019-02-07
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Data Warehousing Tip #5 – Use surrogate keys
My fifth data warehousing tip is to always use surrogate keys for your dimension and fact tables.
Surrogate keys are keys...
2019-02-07 (first published: 2019-01-18)
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Dynamic Data Masking in the execution plan
I think Dynamic Data Masking is pretty cool. The idea is basically to provide a mask for certain users when...
2019-02-07
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How Many Data Gateways Does My Azure BI Architecture Need?
It’s not always obvious when you need a data gateway in Azure, and not all gateways are labeled as such....
2019-02-07
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How To Use Power BI Embedded For Your Customers
Recently I had a need to build a Power BI report for a client. This client has a multi-tenant database and their own custom web app. They want to...
2019-02-07
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How To Use Power BI Embedded For Your Customers
Recently I had a need to build a Power BI report for a client. This client has a multi-tenant database...
2019-02-07
867 reads
Migrating From Hipchat To Slack
Last Minute Migration?
If you are about to perform a last minute migration here's a couple tips as you jump ship from Hipchat and move to Slack. Hipchat is sunsetting...
2019-02-07
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Optimizing for Ad Hoc Workloads
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube.
The execution plan cache is a great feature: after SQL Server goes through the effort...
2019-02-07 (first published: 2019-01-22)
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SQL Server Database Experimentation Assistant - How to Run a Capture
DEA
Very basic look at the setup as I couldn’t find much documentation on this when I last tried this out in 2018. Maybe it will help you get started...
2019-02-07
13 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
How to Check TDE Progress and Elapsed Time in SQL Server
By SQLPals
How to Check TDE Progress and Elapsed Time in SQL Server ...
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