Running SQL Server on Apple Silicon
Last week I purchased a shiny new MacBook Air with an M2 processor. After I got all the standard stuff up and running, I set out to learn how...
2023-01-11 (first published: 2023-01-02)
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Anthony Nocentino Blog
Monitoring with the Pure Storage FlashArray OpenMetrics Exporter
This post introduces you to the Pure Storage FlashArray OpenMetrics Exporter. It shows you how to get started quickly using Docker Compose so you can monitor your Pure Storage...
2023-01-04 (first published: 2022-12-20)
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Pre-Conference Workshop and Sessions at PASS Summit
I’m pleased to announce that I will be presenting at this year’s PASS Summit. PASS Data Community Summit 2022 is the year’s largest gathering of data platform professionals in...
2022-10-16
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Setting up SQL Server 2022 s3 Object Storage Integration using MinIO with Docker Compose
In this blog post, I’ve implemented two example environments for using SQL Server 2022’s s3 object integration. One for backup and restore to s3 compatible object storage and the...
2022-08-29 (first published: 2022-08-13)
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Setting up MinIO for SQL Server 2022 s3 Object Storage Integration
Introduction In this post, I will walk you through how to set up MinIO, so you can use it to work with SQL Server 2022’s s3 object integrations. Working...
2022-07-01 (first published: 2022-06-10)
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Backing up to s3 Compatible Object Storage with SQL Server
Introducing S3 in SQL Server 2022 S3 compatible object storage integration is a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2022. There are two significant areas where SQL Server leverages...
2022-06-22 (first published: 2022-06-06)
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New Pluralsight Course – Deploying and Managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Networking
My new course “Deploying and Managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Networking “ is now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to learn about the course, check out the...
2022-05-31
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Seeding an Availability Group Replica from Snapshot
Background If you’ve been using Availability Groups, you’re familiar with the replica seeding (sometimes called initializing, preparing or data sychronization) process. Seeding is a size of operation-based data, copying...
2022-06-17 (first published: 2022-05-26)
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Updated Pluralsight Course – Maintaining, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Kubernetes
My updated course “Maintaining, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Kubernetes” is now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to learn about the course, check out the trailer here, or if...
2022-05-18 (first published: 2022-05-09)
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Updated Pluralsight Course – Configuring and Managing Kubernetes Security
My updated course “Configuring and Managing Kubernetes Security” is now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to learn about the course, check out the trailer here, or if...
2022-05-09
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Helps with Commit Messages
By Steve Jones
At Redgate, we’re experimenting with how AI can help developers and DBAs become better...
Startup scripts in SQL Server containers
I was messing around performing investigative work on a pod running SQL Server 2025...
Using SQL Compare with Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate recently released SQL Compare v16, which included a new feature to work with...
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: Fuzzy String Search II
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Azure-SSIS, Self-Hosted Integration Runtime, & Data Gateway?
Looking to confirm my understanding of these three products and how they can be...
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What is Page Density
In SQL Server, there is a concept of page density. This is determined by how much data is stored on each page. What is a page density of 90%?
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