Is Your DR Plan Complete?
Kevin Hill (blog|twitter) posted a thought-provoking item on his blog last week about Disaster Recovery Plans. While I am in the 10% who perform DR tests for basic functionality...
2018-08-16
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Blog Posts
Should You Use Index Hints?
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One of the things that the SQL Server query optimizer does is determine how to...
2018-08-16 (first published: 2018-07-31)
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SQL Reserved vCores
Have you ever heard of SQL Reserved vCores? Well I never until recently. With this concept you have the ability...
2018-08-16
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Take the SQLChallenge: Tuning a Stored Procedure
I’ve just published a new SQLChallenge course for subscribers, and I think it’s one of the best ones yet. Your mission is to: Identify which statement is slowing down...
2018-08-16
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Using the PowerShell AST to find a ForEach Method
In dbachecks we enable people to see what checks are available by running Get-DbcCheck. This gives a number of properties including...
2018-08-16
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A Day in the Life (2/?) - August 14, 2018
This is my second installment in a series responding to Steve Jones’s (blog|twitter) #SQLCareer challenge. I decided to jot down most of what I did through the day, filling...
2018-08-15
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AlwaysOn Data Synchronization in Synchronous and Asynchronous Mode
When you are working on the AlwaysOn feature, it is crucial to understand how the AlwaysOn commit process works. This...
2018-08-15
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Do you even PowerShell, bro? An ode to dbatools and dbachecks.
Shall I compare thee to Management Studio? Thou art more scriptable and consistent. Those out-of-memory errors do tend to lose...
2018-08-15
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I’m Joining Redgate Software!
I’m excited to announce that I’m joining the evangelist team at Redgate. Starting next Monday, I’ll be working with Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, and Kathi Kellenberger — plus the whole...
2018-08-15
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Identifying HIPAA, PCI & SOX Data for Masking
Working for a company based in the UK (still currently a part of the EU) I had a lot of...
2018-08-15 (first published: 2018-07-30)
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Identities and Sequences III
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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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