Microsoft Fabric roadmap

Microsoft Fabric is an awesome product that has now been in public preview for five months. If you are not familiar with it, check out my recent video where...

The Evolution of Database Administration: From Administration to Database Reliability Engineering

In the fast-paced world of IT, where trends like DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) dominate the landscape, the concepts of Reliability and Observability have seamlessly woven themselves into...

An Important Break

I left home last Tuesday for work, heading to New Jersey for work. Over the weekend, I took a side trip to see my daughter play volleyball at university,...

October Is National Disability Employment Awareness Month

As many of you know, I was diagnosed with ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease a couple of years ago. Since then, I have 9 made it a personal mission...

Common Mistakes in SQL Server – Part 4

Last week we have discussed how Null Values can cause a trouble in Common Mistakes in SQL Server – Part 3. This week I would like to draw your...

Common Mistakes in SQL Server – Part 4

Last week we have discussed how Null Values can cause a trouble in Common Mistakes in SQL Server – Part 3. This week I would like to draw your...

How to Downgrade Or Recover a SQL Server Database To A Previous Version Using SqlPackage.exe?

How to Downgrade a SQL Server Database To A Previous Version?

Upgrading a SQL Server database to a newer version is one of the core duties...

The Database DevOps Roadshow Continues (with fun photos)

At SQL Saturday Denver 2023, I had a few people ask me about the Redgate Database DevOps roadshow and how it was going. A few people asked about the...

A New Word: Ringlorn

ringlorn – adj. the wish that the modern world felt as epic as one depicted in old stories and folktales – a place of tragedy and transcendence, of oaths...

Using the Pure Storage PowerShellSDK2 - Part 2 - Working With Data

Welcome back to the second installment of our series using the Pure Storage PowerShell SDK2. In this post, we’ll dive into working with object data using Pure Storage PowerShell...