SQL Saturday Jacksonville – May 14th, 2022
Hi Everyone, This is your Austin SQL Server Consultant and I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Jacksonville. I am happy to get back out and, on the road,...
2022-05-13
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Cross DB Access With Module Signing
Foreword
I’ve recently had to revisit this topic and spent a lot of time recalling the details. So I’m writing this blog post mainly as a reminder for myself.
The most...
2022-05-12
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Power BI Adding Dynamic Hierarchies – XMLA, TOM, C#
This post is a continuation of my adventure into the Tabular Object Model and how we can use it to make Power BI scalable and incorporate it into existing...
2022-06-06 (first published: 2022-05-12)
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Two Percent, Five Percent, More?
I was reading Seth Godin today and he makes this claim: If 2% of a population takes coordinated action, it makes a difference. If 5% do, it can change...
2022-06-03 (first published: 2022-05-12)
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Daily Coping 12 May 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-05-12
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How can I use the identity column, without knowing identity column’s name.
One of the most fun parts of blogging is when you learn something completely unexpected while writing a blog. The ... Continue reading
2022-05-12
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How can I use the identity column, without knowing identity column’s name.
One of the most fun parts of blogging is when you learn something completely unexpected while writing a blog. The ... Continue reading
2022-06-03 (first published: 2022-05-12)
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Azure SQL Managed Instance – Maintenance Windows
A post close to my heart, Azure SQL Managed Instance, I have blogged about this many times but I feel I should be sharing more details about this. One...
2022-05-12
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Performance of Azure Shared Disk with Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS)
On September 9th, 2021, Microsoft announced the general availability of Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disk Storage, including Azure Shared Disk. What makes this interesting is that you can...
2022-06-01 (first published: 2022-05-11)
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Posting Data and Code–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I wrote a SQL New Blogger post recently...
2022-05-11
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Blogs
Experimenting with CHOOSE: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was looking over the CHOOSE() function while editing an article at SQL Server...
Fighting Procrastination?
By Brian Kelley
Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...
A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Steve Jones
I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...
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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?
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