Daily Coping 4 Nov 2021
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...
2021-11-04
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#PowershellBasics: Select the columns in the output.
After my post last week on sorting the list, I now have a list of files, sorted in the right ... Continue reading
2021-11-12 (first published: 2021-11-04)
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Live Learning at the SQL Server and Azure SQL Conference–Dec 2021
It’s been a long two years for most of us, with little or no training budget being spent on us at conferences. Online events are convenient and accessible, but...
2021-11-03
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Microsoft Ignite Announcements Nov 2021
Microsoft Ignite has always announced many new products and new product features, and this year was no exception. Many exciting announcements, and below I list the major data platform and...
2021-11-03
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Microsoft Ignite Announcements Nov 2021
Microsoft Ignite has always announced many new products and new product features, and this year was no exception. Many exciting announcements, and below I list the major data platform and...
2021-11-12 (first published: 2021-11-03)
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Daily Coping 3 Nov 2021
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...
2021-11-03
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SQL Server 2022 announced
SQL Server 2022 was announced yesterday at Microsoft Ignite, and it’s going to be a big one. Building on a lot of work in the Azure SQL space, SQL...
2021-11-03
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Which Processes are waiting on a Spinlock?
Spinlock contention is always a real headache to deal with. I recently saw an issue when spinlock contention on SOS_CACHESTORE was making the server virtually unresponsive. The issue was...
2021-11-15 (first published: 2021-11-03)
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Memories from SQL Saturday Orlando 2021
A few memories from this past weekend, during the first live SQL Saturday event in the US this year. I’ve had plenty of plane flights this year, actually this...
2021-11-02
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Daily Coping 2 Nov 2021
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...
2021-11-02
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Blogs
Cleaning Up Azure MS Defender Billing
By Steve Jones
I have a few Azure subscriptions, which are fairly small and not used that...
Installing and Configuring containerd as a Kubernetes Container Runtime
This post shows you how to install containerd as the container runtime for Kubernetes...
It’s 2026 and I’m retired, so lets get Visual Basic 6.0 to run on Windows 11
In 1999 I released my first commercial software product. ShutOff 2000 was a Windows...
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