Continuous Integration/Delivery without Testing!
Anything we can do to automate our builds and deployment should be considered. After all, the point isn’t just to...
2014-08-28 (first published: 2014-08-25)
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Still a Need for a SQL Server Specific Organization
If you haven’t already, please read Denise McInerney’s post about why PASS no longer stands for the Professional Association for...
2014-08-20
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Guest Post on SQL Authority – Default Trace & Deleted Databases
I had the opportunity to write another guest post at SQL Authority:
Finding Out What Changed in a Deleted Database
This one...
2014-08-14
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One of Those Must Read Books – The Cuckoo’s Egg
I was reading a book about network security monitoring and it mentioned The Cuckoo’s Egg by Cliff Stoll. Stoll’s book has been...
2014-08-13
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Guest Editorial Live on SSC
My guest editorial is live on SQLServerCentral.com. My argument is a simple one: we don’t care about data and IT...
2014-08-11
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Speaking on ETL Security
I will be giving a presentation on ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) security at two user groups in the coming weeks.
Securing...
2014-07-25
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Midlands PASS July Meeting – July 10
The Midlands PASS Chapter will hold its next meeting on July 10. We meet at MicroStaff IT in Cayce, SC....
2014-07-03
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PASS Summit Session Selection
Let’s make it democratic. Let’s ensure we get solid sessions from key people. And let’s save a ton of work...
2014-06-27
1,283 reads
What is an “operational” DBA?
On Facebook last night, I posted the following:
An operational DBA isn’t just a manager of a traditional RDBMS, transactional system....
2014-06-27
5,287 reads
“A good DBA is a lazy DBA”
I’m borrowing from Andy Leonard (blog | twitter) who says all the time, “Good engineers are lazy.”
If you’re thinking, “Why would I want (to...
2014-06-25
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Blogs
Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server
Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array....
Forums
PowerBI Question - Data Sources
I don't see a PowerBI forum, so I'm posting here. I have a need...
SQL Server Certificates
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Connect an Azure Function to Azure SQL database Using a Managed Identity
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Connect an Azure Function to...
Question of the Day
SQL Server Certificates
Which of these is not true for certificates used for SQL Server connections?
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