The Importance of ORDER BY
Everyone, at the beginning of their SQL career, get’s told that it is important to include an ORDER BY if...
2018-05-30
432 reads
Matthew McGiffen DBA
Thoughts on Query Performance with TDE enabled
Microsoft state that enabling TDE (Transparent Data Encryption) usually has a performance overhead of 2-4%. That doesn’t sound like very...
2018-05-23
2,030 reads
Hitting my first big blogging milestone – 100k Reads
After blogging about SQL Server for just over a year, at some in the last month I went over 100,000...
2018-05-16
473 reads
Database Files Down The Wrong Path
I manage a few servers used to host SQL Instances for development and test purposes. Each of those instances hosts...
2018-05-02 (first published: 2018-04-24)
2,961 reads
RDS encryption vs TDE
If you’re starting to use cloud services, the number of options available can be confusing. Particularly when they may seem...
2018-04-26 (first published: 2018-04-17)
6,156 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #101 – Some Great SQL Server Tools
This month for T-SQL Tuesday #101 Jens Vestergaard asks us to blog about the essential tools in our SQL Toolbelt.
http://t-sql.dk/?p=1947
I’d...
2018-04-10
1,153 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #101. CMS – Effortlessly run queries against multiple SQL Servers at once
This month for T-SQL Tuesday #101 Jens Vestergaard asks us to blog about the essential tools in our SQL Toolbelt.
http://t-sql.dk/?p=1947
The...
2018-04-10
338 reads
TDE – Regenerating the Database Encryption Key
As discussed in the last post, with TDE (Transparent Data Encryption), you generally do not need to change the Database...
2018-04-03
1,146 reads
Rotating TDE Certificates without re-encrypting data
I talked previously about why we have each of the layers in the encryption hierarchy used to support TDE (Transparent...
2018-04-04 (first published: 2018-03-28)
3,426 reads
Crystal Balls
In the centenary edition of the monthly blogging party that is T-SQL Tuesday, Adam Machanic asks us to look forward...
2018-03-13
340 reads
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
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Transaction Log Truncation
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