Thrilled to #BITS!
2021 was a strange year…mid way through a pandemic, enormously depressing on many fronts to me..and yet, it bought with it some unexpected joys. I never imagined, in the...
2022-02-09
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BlitzBlockingChain, Getting Blocking Chains from sp_BlitzWho
I’m going to assume that most people will have at least heard of Brent Ozar’s brilliant First Responder Kit. If you haven’t then you’ve been missing out on some...
2022-02-09
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Data Thoughts – T-SQL Tuesday #147 – Upgrade Strategies
G’day, This months T-SQL Tuesday (January 2022) invite is brought to you by Steve Jones – @way0utwest Steve’s asked us to write about “Planning for upgrades“ In the not...
2022-02-08
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Upgrade Strategies – T-SQL Tuesday #147
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is about how we look at SQL Server upgrades, hosted by Steve Jones. My experience of SQL upgrades is that they tend to be largely...
2022-02-08
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Boost Your Career with #SQLNewBlogger
A few years ago Ed Leighton-Dick started the #SQLNewBlogger challenge. He asked people to start writing about their career and building their own brand. I thought it was a...
2022-02-08
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Data Lakehouse, Data Mesh, and Data Fabric
(NOTE: I have returned to Microsoft and am working as a Solution Architect in Microsoft Industry Solutions, formally known as Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS), where I help customers build...
2022-02-08
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Daily Coping 8 Feb 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...
2022-02-08
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SQL Database Backups using DBATools PowerShell Module
Want to learn how to set up a PowerShell DBA environment? Here's how to configure it for SQL Server backups. T
2022-02-08
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Passed DP-900–A Review
This is part of a series on my preparation for the DP-900 exam. This is the Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals, part of a number of certification paths. You can...
2022-02-07
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Query Your Statistics: dm_db_stats_properties
We’ve always been able to look at statistics with DBCC SHOW_STATISTICS. You can even tell SHOW_STATISTICS to only give you the properties, STAT_HEADER, or histogram, HISTOGRAM. However, it’s always...
2022-02-21 (first published: 2022-02-07)
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Blogs
TRY_PARSE Limitations: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I got a notification from a question I’d posted at SQL Server Central: Getting...
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices
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Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026 Report is out
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Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing are two areas of emerging technology that receive most...
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