I am a Microsoft Data platform MVP
I am so excited and happy to be chosen to receive the Microsoft Data Platform MVP award. This is my...
2016-07-04
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Dennis's SQL Blog
SQL Server 2016 available today
In case you haven't heard, SQL server 2016 is generally available today! If you haven't try it out, you should...
2016-06-02
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StorSimple Appliance – Part 1 Overview
Last time, I talked about cloud backup and the two different ways of doing it – directly and using StorSimple appliance...
2016-05-27 (first published: 2016-05-19)
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End of Support - SQL Server 2005
It finally comes to this date, 12th April 2016, the end of support for SQL server 2005! SQL 2005 is...
2016-04-12
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Cloud backup - MS StorSimple Applicance
In the previous post, I talked about how we can revamp the backup infrastructure for SQL to backup directly to Azure,...
2016-04-15 (first published: 2016-04-11)
2,198 reads
Cloud Backup - Directly to Azure
Backup is one of the major task for DBAs, it has many different options and ways for each companies to...
2016-04-07
1,636 reads
SQL server on Linux
Microsoft accounted yesterday that SQL server will plan run in Linux, with early private preview available today along with full...
2016-03-09
2,259 reads
Installation of SQL Server (Part 2 - Post-installation)
Previously we discussed about the pre-installation consideration, which can be found here. In the second part of this series, we...
2016-03-01
1,547 reads
Installation of SQL Server (Part 1 - Pre-installation)
I have been wanting to write this for a long time, and finally got time to do it. Which is...
2016-02-29 (first published: 2016-02-23)
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Parallelism setting in SQL Server – reduce CXPACKET waits?
This is one of the hot topic within the DBA community, what should be the best setting for parallelism in your environment? The answer is – it depends! J
Let’s...
2016-01-13
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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