T-SQL Tuesday #86: Enhancement Requests
On the second Tuesday of each month, the SQL Server universe all comes together to blog about a topic. Known...
2017-01-10
403 reads
A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
Windows Virtual Accounts and SQL Server
How SQL Server uses Windows Virtual Accounts and local groups
Managed Service Accounts (MSAs) and Virtual Accounts were introduced in Windows...
2016-12-28
2,441 reads
Automating DBCC Page
Way back in 2006, Paul Randal documented DBCC PAGE on his Microsoft blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/10/625659.aspx. In his post, you will...
2016-12-21
430 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #85: Backup and Recovery
It’s that time of the month… the time when all of the T-SQL bloggers have a party and blog about...
2016-12-13
393 reads
Persisting DBCC output data
Most of the DBCC commands return their results as textual output, even if you have SSMS configured to return result...
2016-11-16
451 reads
The SQL Saturday Crazy Train hooks up a caboose!
You know, these 1 hour sessions that are at most SQL Saturdays are just too short sometimes – you just get...
2015-07-20
760 reads
How do different types of functions compare performance wise?
A while back, I wrote a blog post showing the differences (including performance) between Inline Table-Valued Functions (ITVF) and Multi-Statement...
2015-07-16
1,074 reads
The Murder Train is pulling into Iowa City
You know, these 1 hour sessions that are at most SQL Saturdays are just too short sometimes – you just get...
2015-05-11
571 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #61 – The Wrap-Up
Earlier this month, I hosted the 61st occurrence of the monthly TSQL-Tuesday blogging party. With a topic of “Giving Back”,...
2014-12-31
1,382 reads
TSQL Tuesday #61: How I plan on Giving Back
A little over 5 years ago, Adam Machanic (B|T) had this great idea of getting everyone in the SQL Community...
2014-12-09
706 reads
Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
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Secure Communications
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Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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