Webinar Followup: Migrating your SQL Server VMs to Azure with PowerShell
Earlier this week I presented a free webinar for Pragmatic Works where I discussed how to migrate virtual machines to...
2015-11-19
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Bradley Schacht
Hyper-V The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed
Note this fix only works on Windows Server 2012/Windows 8 or later. A different method is required on Windows Server...
2015-10-27
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Upcoming Presentation – Space Coast SQL/.Net User Group
If you happen to be in the central Florida or Daytona area head over to Melbourne on September 10th to...
2015-09-02
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How To Use the Unpivot Transform in SSIS
Moving data from columns to rows can be a tricky task and accomplished in a variety of ways. That may be...
2014-11-17 (first published: 2014-11-11)
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Monitoring BI Performance: Scripts and Slides
I recently did a presentation and discussed some techniques for monitoring the performance of your business intelligence stack. I will be doing...
2014-11-10
1,245 reads
How I Got Here: 5 Years At Pragmatic Works
I recently celebrated my 5 year anniversary at Pragmatic Works. Boy, how time flies by. It feels like just the...
2014-11-02
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Webinar Q&A: SSRS Subscriptions and Data Alerts
Updated 10-16-2014 at 11:20 AM Eastern
Yesterday I presented about Change Data Capture for the Pragmatic Works Free Training on the...
2014-10-15
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Webinar Q&A: Getting Started with Change Data Capture
Yesterday I presented about Change Data Capture for the Pragmatic Works Free Training on the T’s. I covered the basics...
2014-07-25
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Find Users Logged Into Remote Computer
Have you ever wanted to find out if someone is logged into a computer or maybe who is logged into...
2014-07-29 (first published: 2014-07-23)
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Rename SharePoint Central Administration Database
SharePoint uses a series of SQL Server databases to save configuration information, security setups and all the user data that...
2014-07-21
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Blogs
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...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
SQL Server 2025 CU1 Fixes the Docker Desktop AVX Issue on macOS
Microsoft fixed the AVX instruction issue in SQL Server 2025 CU1. The container now...
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25 Years of SQL Server Central
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The Decoded Value
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Deploying SQL Server Developer Edition in Kubernetes: A Cost-Effective Alternative to RDS
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Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers