SQLPort – 5 Years
On 21st of April 2015, SQLPort is preparing a very special event. The reason for this is that on 21st...
2015-03-30
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Toshiba Portege Z30 Review
I saw recently that Grant Fritchey wrote a review of his laptop, the Portege Z30. I had noted Grant’s issues...
2015-03-30
1,794 reads
Backups – They Are Needed, Who Knew?
Backups are essential for a successful business model. That statement may or may spark some topics for debate, but at...
2015-04-06 (first published: 2015-03-30)
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Does the New Cardinality Estimator Reduce Bad Parameter Sniffing
No. Next question.
Although, that answer can be slightly, ever so slightly, nuanced…
Parameter sniffing is a good thing. But, like a...
2015-04-06 (first published: 2015-03-30)
7,291 reads
Port numbers and SQL Server
I made a mistake the other day. I’ll admit it. I was wrong. Now I know all of you are...
2015-04-03 (first published: 2015-03-30)
10,200 reads
Latches, Spinlocks & Lock-Free Data Structures Recording
A few weeks ago I have spoken at the SQLRally Nordic conference in Copenhagen about Latches, Spinlocks, and Lock-Free Data...
2015-03-30
1,310 reads
Can Log Shipping Work Without Shipping the Log?
When you configure log shipping, there are 4 SQL Server Agent jobs that are set up:
Backup: Performs a backup log...
2015-04-02 (first published: 2015-03-30)
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System Center for the SQL Server DBA Part I: SCOM
Originally posted on Blog Home for MSSQLDUDE:
I’ll start part 1 of the Microsoft System Center series, focused on what...
2015-03-30
1,006 reads
System Center for the SQL Server DBA, cont’d SCOM Pack for SQL
Originally posted on Blog Home for MSSQLDUDE:
My original posting on System Center Operations Manager for SQL Server DBAs start...
2015-03-30
641 reads
PASS Excel BI VC presents Devin Knight on Getting Started on PowerQuery
Come join us Thursday April 2nd for an Excel BI virtual chapter session at noon central with Pragmatic Work’s Devin...
2015-03-29
690 reads
Blogs
Asking for Help Isn’t a Weakness
By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
The Proof of the Backup Is in the Pudding
For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable,...
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
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The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:
CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567' GO ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo GOI then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox go SELECT CURRENT_USERWhat is returned? See possible answers