Looking Back: 2016 was Awesome!
With 2017 starting this week I would like to take a moment and reflect on 2016. I have to admit...
2017-01-05
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John Sterrett
Looking Back: 2016 was Awesome!
With 2017 starting this week I would like to take a moment and reflect on 2016. I have to admit that 2016 was a great year for many different...
2017-01-05
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Three Reasons Why I Am Attending PASS Member Summit 2016
Three reasons why I am attending PASS Member Summit in 2016
Over the past few weeks, I saw on social media...
2016-10-26
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Benchmark Azure SQL Database Wait Stats
Today, I want to focus on how we can monitor wait statistics in an Azure SQL Database. In the past,...
2016-08-30
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Calculating DTU in Azure SQL Database
A few months ago, I posted a question over on ask.sqlservercentral.com. In a nutshell, it was how do you measure...
2016-09-06 (first published: 2016-08-24)
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Azure SQL Database Live Migrations
Unfortunately, with Azure SQL Database you are not able to take an existing SQL Server Backup and restore it on...
2016-08-01 (first published: 2016-07-26)
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I am a Microsoft Data Platform MVP
My First Microsoft SQL Server MVP Award
Today, I have achieved an SQL Someday moment. I am excited to share some exciting...
2016-07-01
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Automatic Seeding Very Large Databases in SQL Server 2016
There are a lot of new features in SQL Server 2016. Availability Groups by itself got a lot of new...
2016-07-12 (first published: 2016-06-29)
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Automating Azure Resource Management Authentication
I love Azure and I love PowerShell. They are a perfect marriage. It’s amazing how much automation you can do...
2016-06-23
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3 Reasons to Attend SQL Saturday Austin on Jan 30th
The Austin SQL Server User Group will host its third SQL Saturday on Saturday,
SQL Saturday Austin on January 30th, 2016
January...
2016-01-12
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Blogs
Microsoft announces new cybersecurity AI multi-model
By Brian Kelley
Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included...
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
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