PowerShell Usage In DBA Work — Case Study 1 / 7
I have been blogged non-technical topics for too long and it is time for me to return to my favourite...
2013-03-06
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DBA Philosophy
Where Should Database Administration Go?
For the past 5 or 6 years, we have seen lots of innovative products emerged, from smartphone to tablets, from...
2013-02-04
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DBA Work Accounting
One thing lots of DBA teams, esp. the DBA managers, feel uncomfortable is that it is difficult to quantify/log DBA’s...
2012-10-22
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Why I dislike Third Party Database Monitoring Tools
I have to admit I am not a fan of the various 3rd party monitoring tools (after using a few...
2012-09-17
1,896 reads
When Can You Be Considered As A Senior DBA
As a DBA, when can you consider yourself as a senior DBA?
If you read online posts, you will find most...
2012-08-27
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Improve DBA Operation Productivity – Part Two
As a DBA, we have to take various actions based on huge amount of information received. In one perspective, our...
2012-07-31
1,893 reads
Improve DBA Operation Productivity – Part One
I define DBA operation productivity as the total positive values brought to the work environment by a DBA in a...
2012-07-24
1,078 reads
Inspirational Database Administration Requirements
Just as a society’s civilization is mostly nurtured by its culture, I believe that DBA work quality is mostly determined...
2012-06-23
929 reads
“Green” Database Administration
For the past few years, I have seen tens of sql server boxes added in my work environment every year,...
2012-06-04
4,631 reads
Investment for DBA Career
As IT professionals, we all will consider and take actions, at some point of time, to “invest” in our careers....
2012-06-02
1,060 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item This Week's AI Trust Problem...
Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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