[Coping] Hidden Wounds
Through high school and college, I carried deep wounds due to what was going on at home. Only a handful of people outside of my family knew what what...
2021-01-29 (first published: 2021-01-20)
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
[Coping] Dum Spiro Spero
Dum Spiro Spero – “While I breathe, I hope.” Because it’s the motto for South Carolina, it’s on the state seal. As a result, it is part of The...
2020-09-23
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[Coping] The Five Minute Journal
Reading Steve Jones’ posts about daily coping and seeing how it has affected me in a positive way, I’ve decided to share some of the things I’ve done to...
2020-08-14 (first published: 2020-07-30)
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Webcast – Principles of Data Modeling
Tomorrow, June 11, 2020, at 3 PM Eastern I’m giving a webcast on the Principles of Data Modeling. Sign up link: https://www.mssqltips.com/sql-server-webcast-signup/?id=822 Here’s what we’ll be covering: You’ve been...
2020-06-10
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Watch out for your own confirmation bias
First, a true story: I was a senior in high school, applying for college. One of the colleges I applied for was the Naval Academy. As part of the...
2020-06-08 (first published: 2020-05-22)
351 reads
New Webinar with Kevin Kline: Learning from Data Breaches, a Deeper Dive
I’ve done a follow-on to my webinar with Kevin Kline on Learning from Data Breaches. Here we’ll talk about some specific technologies that come out of the box with...
2020-05-12
29 reads
New Article: Understanding SQL Server Ownership Chaining
Back in January I gave a presentation to a small group of folks on foundational SQL Server security items. The last thing I covered was the concept of ownership...
2020-04-21
47 reads
Upcoming Webinar: Learning from Data Breaches
Recently I partnered up with Kevin Kline (SentryOne blog | twitter) and SentryOne to record a webinar on learning from data breaches. We start by talking about Mitre’s ATT&CK...
2020-04-13
28 reads
Webinar Postponement and #SQLPASS group leaders heads up
Yesterday I wrote about three upcoming webinars I’m giving, which you don’t need to be in attendance for. Unfortunately, the one scheduled for next week with Idera and BankDirector...
2020-03-13
22 reads
SQL Server Security and Performance Webinars – March 17 – April 8, 2020 #FlattenTheCurve
In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, we’re seeing folks react smartly by cancelling or rescheduling events where a large number of folks gather together. We have even seen...
2020-03-12
33 reads
Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Backing Up a DMK
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