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
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Forums
Huge frustration - Database watcher with two elastic pools
Think there's a reason why this is still in preview, but have someone manage...
SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers