Not More Than 16 Characters?!?

Microsoft, you’re killing me. This is the warning I received when typing in a password for Office 365:

I blinked when...

Protecting Against Delete without Where

If I’m doing any manual work with T-SQL, I always begin every set of data change operations with BEGIN TRAN...

A Different Type of Currency

Recently, a member of the community lamented that folks weren’t willing to provide an email address for free training. This...

Slides from 2016 Techno Security & Mobile Forensics Conference

I’ve completed both of my presentations at the 2016 Techno Security and Forensics Investigation Conference (#technosecurity). If you were able...

Sights that just scream, “No!”

I’m at a conference, specifically a security conference. So I looked at the available WiFi connections. Among the conference and hotel specific...

Congrats to MSSQLTips on 10 Years!

MSSQLTips has posted about their 10 years as a resource to the SQL Server community. It’s where I do the...

On Software and OS Lifecycle Management

An Important Rule: 
If you’re trying to convince someone to your viewpoint, insulting them generally doesn’t work. If it does anything,...

On Software and OS Lifecycle Management

An Important Rule: 
If you’re trying to convince someone to your viewpoint, insulting them generally doesn’t work. If it does anything,...

On PowerShell

I use PowerShell a lot and I write about using it to solve problems quite frequently. The fact that I...

On PowerShell

I use PowerShell a lot and I write about using it to solve problems quite frequently. The fact that I...