SQL Homework – July 2021 – Log shipping
Log shipping is probably the least complicated and easiest to configure of the various methods of creating a secondary copy ... Continue reading
2021-07-01
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Setup Full-Text using T-SQL–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I wrote a previous post on how to...
2021-06-30
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Using Readable Secondary in Azure SQLDB
When using a Geo Replicated Azure SQL Database Readable Secondary there are a few things to consider when it comes to performance tuning. Check out this episode of Data Exposed:...
2021-06-30
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Using Readable Secondary in Azure SQLDB
When using a Geo Replicated Azure SQL Database Readable Secondary there are a few things to consider when it comes to performance tuning. Check out this episode of Data Exposed:...
2021-07-12 (first published: 2021-06-30)
291 reads
Data Mesh: Centralized vs decentralized data architecture
One of the biggest differences between the Data Mesh and other data platform architectures is a data mesh is a highly decentralized distributed data architecture as opposed to a...
2021-06-30
48 reads
Centralized vs decentralized data architecture
One of the biggest differences between the Data Mesh and other data platform architectures is a data mesh is a highly decentralized distributed data architecture as opposed to a...
2021-07-07 (first published: 2021-06-30)
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T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #015: Aggregations
In early 2011 Jes Borland invited us to write about aggregations: I want to hear how you solved business problems with aggregate functions. I want to see your cool...
2021-06-30
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Daily Coping 30 Jun 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...
2021-06-30
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Monitoring your Chatbot in Power Virtual Agents
Power Virtual Agents empowers subject matter experts to build intelligent conversational bots, using a guided, no-code graphical interface. In this video you will learn how
2021-07-12 (first published: 2021-06-30)
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Executing Azure Data Factory pipelines by Power App / Automate Flow
(2021-Jun-30) One of my university professors liked to tell us a quote, “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters”, in a way to help us, his students, to stay active in...
2021-07-14 (first published: 2021-06-30)
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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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Question of the Day
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