Originally published April 2022; substantially updated July 2026. This post is a complete replacement for and update to my April 2022 post, Power BI Performance Features. That post focused...
2026-08-03 (first published: 2026-07-23)
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The idea behind Azure SQL Developer is for anyone to build, iterate, and test locally at no cost. This means NO Azure subscription to deal with and NO credit...
2026-08-03 (first published: 2026-07-23)
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I’m sure many of you are using AI regularly, perhaps chatting, perhaps using some sort of agent. I’m doing the same, but in this case, I had it tackle...
2026-07-29 (first published: 2026-07-22)
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This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about GRC and different audits and other important information, later we will discuss each audit frameworks...
2026-07-21
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In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack container in a Macbook. If you are like me who switched from a Windows laptop...
2026-07-29 (first published: 2026-07-20)
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Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge 2026 (formerly SQL Saturday Baton Rouge). The slides are here: Building an API with DAB...
2026-07-18
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Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array. The VM moved, the old volumes were destroyed, and nobody created a Protection Group on...
2026-07-27 (first published: 2026-07-17)
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We are product focused at Redgate Software. Here is another of our values that focused on this: The text on the next page is: Shipping something amazing is better...
2026-07-17
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It can feel as if Microsoft has put the Copilot name everywhere, and that is not far from the truth. The important thing to understand is that Microsoft Copilot...
2026-07-27 (first published: 2026-07-16)
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A fugitive cyber-criminal, a wingsuit, and 24 million flight records. Somewhere between Doha and Dublin, Krypto jumped between planes mid-air.
2026-07-24 (first published: 2026-07-16)
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By Steve Jones
“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
By James Serra
Most enterprise questions do not live neatly in one place. The numbers may be...
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
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What types of secondary replicas are available for the Azure SQL Database Hyperscale edition?
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