Checking Out SQL Vulnerability Assessment
Apparently there is a new tool from Microsoft where you can discover, track, and remediate potential database vulnerabilities. This tool...
2017-10-09 (first published: 2017-09-28)
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All About SQL
Azure SQL Database Active Geo Replication Changes
Six months ago how you would go about setting up Active geo replication for your SQL Databases would be different...
2017-09-25
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SQL Server Tracking Suspect Pages
Did you know that SQL Server tracks suspect pages and puts the details into the msdb database in a table...
2017-09-25 (first published: 2017-09-19)
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SQL Server Schema Compare
A very common requirement which can be satisfied by various tools. Personally I like using Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition...
2017-09-18
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Azure SQL Database Resumable Online Index Rebuild
If you know me by now I like rebuilding indexes and that is no different in Azure. Now we have...
2017-09-14
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DBCC CHECKDB Azure SQL Database
Who should be running DBCC CHECKDB for Azure SQL Database? Should it be Microsoft or should customers be scheduling it?...
2017-09-04
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SSMS and MFA support for Azure SQL DB
Quite a mouth full for a title but never the less very exciting. With the new version of SQL Server...
2017-08-30
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[Video] SQL Server Deadlocks
SQL Server Deadlocks – Also known as “The deadly Embrace” occurs when there are 2 processes and neither can advance and...
2017-09-08 (first published: 2017-08-24)
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Azure SQL Database – Scaling up
Scaling up and down your SQL Database is something that is quite common to do. I want to discuss the...
2017-09-01 (first published: 2017-08-23)
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Azure Automation and SQL Index Maintenance
Azure does a lot for your SQL Database, from backups to automatic tuning but it still doesn’t have an index...
2017-08-21
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Blogs
Leadership in Times of Change: Guiding Teams Through Uncertainty, Disruption, and Transformation
By Chris Yates
Change is inevitable. What separates thriving organizations from those that falter is not the...
The End of Year Vacation Burn
By Steve Jones
It’s been a good year for me. With my sabbatical, I felt like I’ve...
Speaking at PASS Summit 2025
By alevyinroc
In less than one month, I will be speaking not once but twice at...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
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Powershell script to generate SQL server Inventory in CSV format
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Database Ledger in SQL Server 2022
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Question of the Day
Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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