Don’t believe the myth TRUNCATE TABLE isn’t logged
Remember the Bill Gates email hoax? The one that claims to be some sort of Microsoft beta test saying Gates is going to pay cash money to anyone who...
2018-10-05
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Blog Posts
Know How to Import SQL Server database From One to Another
Looking to import SQL Server database from one server to another ? Confused how to copy from one to another or...
2018-10-05
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Moving SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 clusters to #Azure for Extended Support
Earlier this year Microsoft announced extended support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 at no additional cost. However, the...
2018-10-05
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Setting up Code Repository for Azure Data Factory v2
In this blog post I want to quick go through one of useful capabilities that Microsoft provided with version 2...
2018-10-05
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SOS to ADS
When Microsoft announced SQL Operations Studio last year, I wasn’t thrilled. The move to a VS Code shell was less...
2018-10-05 (first published: 2018-09-24)
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Walmart Chose Azure, How About You?
Another major corporation has announced their decision to move to Azure. Perhaps you’ve heard of them? Walmart—yes, Walmart and Microsoft...
2018-10-05
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Azure IP Advantage
In today’s Azure Every Day post, I’d like to talk about something a little different from our normal posts, and...
2018-10-04
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Cycle SQL Server Error Logs
I saw this again recently and see it too often in environments so wanted to take a second to remind...
2018-10-04 (first published: 2018-09-26)
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DevOps Terms – and Why They Matter to Database Specialists
In this 20 minute session, I define scrum, continuous deployment, test driven development, DevOps, and related concepts. I close with a quick discussion of why Database Administrators and Developers...
2018-10-04
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Giant Azure SQL Databases
Okay it is not really called Giant Azure SQL Database but its close. There is a new public preview vCore...
2018-10-04
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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