Auditing VMware vCenter Actions (on SQL Server)
When you’ve got a SIEM appliance or application, you want actions and events going into it as a central repository....
2014-03-07
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Reblog: February 28 to March 6
Photo credit – Husso
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just...
2014-03-07
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Speaker of the Month, March 2014
This never gets easier. I was able to attend a bunch of sessions in the last month from a number...
2014-03-07
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DISABLE and DENY LOGIN, DENY USER & Effect on Impersonation and Permissions
DISABLE und DENY LOGIN, DENY USER & Effekt auf Impersonierung und Berechtigungen
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Ein kurzer Artikel zu den Effekten – oder fehlenden Effekten...
2014-03-07
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Friday Followup For March 7, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-03-07
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Different approaches of counting number of rows in a table
Today, I received an email from the developer asking if there is a better way instead of the COUNT (*) Transact-SQL...
2014-03-06
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Virtual Lab – Adapter Setup
This is part of a series where I set up a virtual lab for testing and misc. work. The other...
2014-03-06
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The weakest link in database security
The weakest link in database security is the same as for most all IT security: people.
Because the weakest link is...
2014-03-06
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How wait statistics are generated
In our last article “Why wait statistics are important and how you can start collecting them now!” we discussed a...
2014-03-06
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A CLR Application: Deleting Three Billion Rows
In one of SQL Server Central’s recent daily newsletters, Steve Jones’s editorial was inquiring whether or not anyone has been...
2014-03-06
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Blogs
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...
How to Measure AI Value: A 6-Branch AI Maturity Model for Use Cases and Agents
Your AI is busy. But do you know what it's worth? Most companies can...
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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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