The Security Weak Link

I saw this cartoon, which I think is great: Data Security. It’s from John Klossner, and it perfectly shows that...

This is a company that practises what they preach

How good is a company at engaging with their user base? Obviously when things are going great then it’s wins...

Time for SQL in the City Summit–Chicago

This week is the last live SQL in the City Summit this year. It’s this Friday at the Microsoft office...

Upcoming #SQLChat on Making the Most of Conferences

This month’s #SQLChat is hosted by Rie Irish (twitter | blog). It’s a timely topic: Making the Most of Conferences. With...

Last week reading (2018-10-21)

DevOps Terms – and Why They Matter to Database Specialists Find out what is Scrum, Continuous Deployment, TDD and others from...

Notes from SQLSaturday #801 (2018)

We wrapped up our 12th SQLSaturday here in Orlando two weeks ago. Overall things went well. Registration was just a...

SQL Server 2019

I have written about 2017 here, Last month at Microsoft Ignite FL on September 2018, Microsoft announce they are going to...

Sharding: Horizontal Scaling in Azure SQL Database

David has produced a talk all about Sharding. Or if you prefer  horizontally scaling your Azure SQL database.

You can view...

SQL Server – Reading BACPAC Files

If you have been reading my blog for a while now you would know that a common technique to move...

Contextual View Part II or how to hide sensitive data

In this article I continue to explore the ways to secure the data via contextual views and describe the technique...