5 Top Features Your Company Can Use in SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition
In a few days SQL Server 2014 will be made available, we’re not all lucky enough to be running Enterprise...
2014-03-26
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Richard Douglas
Grant View Server State
There are lots of Dynamic Management Objects (DMO’s, more commonly referred to generically as DMV’s) that require extra permissions. Without...
2014-04-02 (first published: 2014-03-25)
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Speaking at Luxembourg SQL Server User Group
Tomorrow evening I have the honour of speaking at Microsoft’s office in Clausen, Luxembourg. The session I will be presenting...
2014-03-25
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Remaining Vigilant, my contribution to #DBAJumpStart – Part 3
This post is part of the SQL Community Project #DBAJumpStart by John Sansom. As I mentioned previously, this post has...
2014-03-27 (first published: 2014-03-20)
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Remaining Vigilant, my contribution to #DBAJumpStart – Part 2
This post is part of the SQL Community Project #DBAJumpStart by John Sansom. As I mentioned yesterday, this post has...
2014-03-24 (first published: 2014-03-19)
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Remaining Vigilant, my contribution to #DBAJumpStart – Part 1
This post is part of the SQL Community Project #DBAJumpStart by John Sansom.
“If you could give a DBA just one...
2014-03-18
762 reads
A Tale of Two SQL Server Webcasts
Things have been quiet on my blog of late (hosting issue) but now things are back online. Talking of online,...
2014-03-17
760 reads
PASS Performance Virtual Chapter Webcast
A quick check of my calendar this morning reminded me that I am presenting a session for the PASS Performance...
2013-12-02
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SQL Server events in the UK – December 2013
The Christmas countdown has begun for a number of us. This doesn’t mean it’s time to relax, there’s still plenty...
2013-12-02
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SQL Cruise competition, and the winner is …
Earlier this month SQL Cruise, (an initiative created by Tim Ford (B|T)) and Dell Software announced a competition to win...
2013-11-26
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Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
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As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
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On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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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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