Configure SQL Server 2017 on Linux with mssql-conf, the Linux way
The configuration of any system plays a vital role in its working efficiently. However, configuring a system needs not necessarily...
2017-12-13
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PowerSQL By Prashanth Jayaram
An introduction to a SQL Server 2017 Graph database
What is a graph database?
A graph is composed of two elements: a NODE (vertices) and an EDGE (relationship). Each node...
2017-12-04
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SQL Server 2017 : Data Transformation and Interpolation using Python
As a continuation to my previous article, How to use Python in SQL Server 2017 to obtain advanced data analytics,...
2017-11-21
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SQL Server Log Shipping on Linux
Log shipping is a high-availability configuration that perhaps most of us are familiar with. It’s one of the oldest techniques wherein...
2017-11-13
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An overview of Python vs PowerShell for SQL Server Database Administration
Today, Microsoft claims that Linux runs like a First-Class citizen on Azure, .NET Core has been open-sourced, and has been...
2017-11-02
617 reads
Dynamic Data Masking – Tracking all masked columns in your database
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I have presented on Making Developers lives easier with SQL Server 2016 multiple times over the last couple of months,...
2017-10-23
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Why would a SQL Server DBA be interested in Python?
If we follow blogs and publications on the technological advancement with respect to SQL, we notice the increase in the...
2017-10-23
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Monitoring SQL Server database status changes using T-SQL and PowerShell scripts
Monitoring a SQL Server database is a critical component of database administration. Ninety percent of the organizations expect the number...
2017-10-17
907 reads
The evolution of SQL Server towards Digital Transformation challenges
SQL Server on Linux boosts the database market for Microsoft. Support of PolyBase (a feature to work with Big Data...
2017-10-09
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How to configure Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2016 using SSMS, PowerShell and T-SQL
In an era of remote storage and retrieval of data, including the cloud, data security plays a vital role, especially...
2017-10-02
471 reads
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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