Do YOU Checksum?
I am going to show you why you should be using checksum options on your backups (and restores). I AM...
2016-08-11
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All About SQL
2016-08-05
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Undocumented Commands
There isn’t really a need to do what I am doing in this blog post but I guess one reason...
2016-08-03
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Migrating SQL Server to Azure
There are many ways to migrate an “earthed” SQL Server database to Azure, for this article I want to show...
2016-08-02
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Why I like SQL Sentry Plan Explorer
Why I like SQL Sentry Plan Explorer. I am going to be honest here, before attending SQLSKILLS Immersion training I...
2016-07-29
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Playing with TDE
UPDATE November 2016 – With SQL Server 2016 SP1, Microsoft will include key enterprise-class features in every edition of SQL Server...
2016-07-27
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SQLskills Training
Well I finally accomplished a goal of mine– that being to complete the training for SQL Server Performance Tuning and...
2016-07-12
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Azure SQL Database scripts
I thought that this would be useful for others – couple of scripts that I have been using in Azure for...
2016-07-01
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sys.dm_db_wait_stats DMV
Come on guys, lets “UP- vote” this suggestion for the actual SQL Server product – even the “Scary DBA” likes the...
2016-06-02
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PowerShell – Deleting those files
Usually I prefer to use C# to delete files (as part of my retention policy for backups) as a stored...
2016-06-01
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Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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Question of the Day
BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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