Microsoft Certifications
Every now and again I would navigate to Microsoft’s certification page and see what / if any changes have taken place...
2016-10-13
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All About SQL
Azure SQL Database – TDE
I work in the financial space so you can imagine that security is quite high on the agenda. TDE (Transparent...
2016-10-10
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SQL Performance Dashboards – update
SQL Server Performance Dashboards – update The first article that I ever wrote (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQL+Server/127992/) was last year where I wanted to...
2016-10-07
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ALTER INDEX….ABORT!
I know there are people out there that will be going from older versions of SQL to SQL Server 2016, yes...
2016-10-06
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Detaching corrupt databases
Question – Can you detach a corrupt database? Answer – IT DEPENDS! More specifically it depends on the SQL Server version. SQL...
2016-10-04
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Query Store – Quick Tour
The query store, Borko Novakovic Senior Program Manager from Microsoft calls this feature “Similar to an airplane’s flight data recorder”....
2016-10-03
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My application to Microsoft
I have been eager to write this blog post for a while now. I want to share my experience of...
2016-09-29
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SSMS 2016& Azure SQL DBs
When using the latest version of SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) there is a small but handy little feature that...
2016-10-11 (first published: 2016-09-27)
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Azure SQL Data warehouse
For this blog post I want to show you the steps required to setup an Azure SQL Data warehouse and...
2016-09-21
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SSMS Keeps Crashing
It is quite frustrating when SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) randomly crashes, all too often for my liking. If you have...
2016-09-20
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Blogs
Modify Power BI page visibility and active status with Semantic Link Labs
Setting page visibility and the active page are often overlooked last steps when publishing...
T-SQL Tuesday #190–Mastering a New Technical Skill
By Steve Jones
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this time Todd Kleinhans has a great...
Getting Started with the MSSQL AI Agent in VS Code
By Steve Jones
Recently I was working in VS Code and I saw a walkthrough for the...
Forums
Azure elastic query credential question
I am trying to check out elastic query between two test instances we have...
Change Tracking Data Retention Options
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Requiring Technical Debt Payments
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Question of the Day
Change Tracking Data Retention Options
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=4 xxx);What are the possible choices for xxx? See possible answers