SSMS reset window layout (Day 37)
SSMS is a wonderful tool. You can drag Windows around, grouped with others, split, docked, undocked, hidden… it seems endless...
2018-07-02 (first published: 2018-06-20)
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SQL Server Patching within an Always On Environment
SQL Server Patching with the introduction and adoption of Always On has changed. The traditional method by waiting for Service...
2018-06-20
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Overview of SQL Server 2017 Docker containers on Linux machine
SQL Server 2017 is the biggest release and most important releases in the Microsoft product history simply because of the...
2018-06-20
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Strings vs Identifiers
A common mistake, and one I make frequently myself is to use a string in place of an identifier, or...
2018-07-02 (first published: 2018-06-20)
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Replication Max Text Length
Ever seen the below error? Until this week I hadn’t. So, I figured I’d take a little time and introduce...
2018-06-28 (first published: 2018-06-20)
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Deploying to Azure Without Writing JSON Arm Templates
Reading Time: 6 minutes (not a minute longer)
TLDR; ARM templates are a great way to deploy to Azure, setting up...
2018-06-19
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Deploying to Azure Without Writing JSON Arm Templates
Reading Time: 6 minutes (not a minute longer)
TLDR; ARM templates are a great way to deploy to Azure, setting up...
2018-06-19
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Deploying to Azure Without Writing JSON Arm Templates
Reading Time: 6 minutes (not a minute longer)
TLDR; ARM templates are a great way to deploy to Azure, setting up a template that can deploy an entire environment from...
2018-06-19
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SQL Saturday Houston is this weekend
I’m speaking along with many other amazingly talented professionals, including Adam from Guy In A Cube. If you’re in the...
2018-06-19
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Removing a secondary replica database in Always On SQL Environment
Removing a database from an Always On availability group is pretty straight forward and can be accomplished by either ssms...
2018-06-19
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Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
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Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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