Re-Awarded as a Microsoft MVP
Yesterday (January 1) I received the email indicating I was re-awarded as a Microsoft MVP, once again in SQL Server....
2013-01-02
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Looking Forward to the New Year - Professional Goals
Most folks make New Year's resolutions of things they want to do over the course of the next 364/365 days....
2013-01-01
1,311 reads
Are You a Chessplayer?
I was having a twitter coversation with @dataartisan about chess. He remarked that playing on-line with random folks didn't strike him...
2012-12-17
1,036 reads
Are Your Protecting Your DB Backups?
Folks have cited the recent InformationWeek article on how South Carolina's Department of Revenue was hacked because the SC state government...
2012-11-27
3,165 reads
Server Level Security
We'll discuss surface area later in the week. Today let's talk about if you're able to connect to SQL Server....
2012-11-09 (first published: 2012-11-06)
3,426 reads
SQL Server Security: The Sum of Its Parts
When it comes to attacking SQL Server, whether we're talking about the security of an installation or as a piece...
2012-11-05
1,468 reads
Preparing for Certification
One of my goals back when I was a young MCSE (that's Microsoft Certified System Engineer for NT4, not the...
2012-10-22
1,358 reads
MS12-070 - Should I patch more than Reporting Services?
If you're dealing with a version of SQL Server greater than SQL Server 2000, at this point I'm going to...
2012-10-11
1,983 reads
Slides and Scripts from Idera Auditing SQL Server presentation
I had a few folks ask me for the slides and SQL scripts from the Auditing SQL Server webinar I...
2012-10-10
1,566 reads
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-070 for SSRS
Today is black Tuesday for October 2012. One security bulletin is specifically for a component of the SQL Server stack:...
2012-10-15 (first published: 2012-10-09)
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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SQL Server Still Wins
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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