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Weekly reading #30

Good morning in November! We were all looking at the Microsoft Ignite in Orlando last week. And it happened! SQL Server 2019 is now generally available – more details...

2019-11-11

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Weekly reading #29

The Data Breach Game: The 9 Worst IT Security Practices Joey D’Antoni shows bad practices for security in SQL Server. He summarizes all the most important areas you should...

2019-10-21

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Interview with Bob Ward

This is the eight interview we have done. This time our guest is the one and the only Bob Ward! Bob Ward is a Principal Architect for the Microsoft...

2019-10-30 (first published: )

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Weekly reading #28

September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...

2019-10-10

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Interview with Joe Sack

This is the seventh interview we have done. This time our guest is Joe Sack! Joe is Principal Program Manager for Azure SQL Database with a focus on query...

2019-10-11 (first published: )

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Coffee and Croissant

Weekly reading #27

September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...

2019-10-01

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Interview with Greg Low

This is the sixth interview we have done. This time our guest is Greg Low!  I bet you know Greg as he is one of the most recognizable person...

2019-09-27 (first published: )

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Weekly reading #26

Good morning! It was a tough weekend as we supposed to be in Goteborg on #SQLSatGothenburg but unfortunatelly the flu hit us hard. The talk was handed over by...

2019-09-17

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Weekly reading #25

It has been a long time since the last weekly reading post. We have been in Shanghai and Bangalore during the time. We attended in #DPS10 in Bangalore –...

2019-09-11

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