Error Authenticating Proxy | SQL and UPNs
Have you ever had an error when using a SQL Server Proxy Account? I ran across a misleading error. Let...
2014-02-10 (first published: 2014-02-04)
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Ryan Adams
Assign SQL Service Account with Group Policy
How do I assign and enforce a service account for the SQL Server Services with Active Directory Group Policy?
The answer...
2013-12-20
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Active Directory and SQL Server Questions Answered
I presented for the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter several weeks ago and talked about different ways that Active Directory can...
2013-12-24 (first published: 2013-12-18)
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SQL Service Account Recursive Group Membership
It was recently brought to my attention that a post with the script I talk about below could not be...
2013-11-18
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Where I’ll Be
Things have been too quiet here on the blog, but there’s a reason (a few actually). This year has been...
2013-08-01
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Holy Schnikes I’m Speaking at PASS Summit 2013
I am beyond excited to announce that I have been accepted to speak at the annual SQL PASS Summit 2013...
2013-05-22
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Policy Based Management On Change: Prevent not available
Policy Based Management has 4 evaluation modes and if you are not already familiar with them you can go HERE...
2013-03-26
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Renaming Server with SQL
I recently had to rename my laptop on which I have two SQL server instances. I have a default instance...
2013-03-14
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User Group Marketing
I blogged about this back in September of 2010, but technology changes so it’s time to revisit this again. Now...
2013-03-11
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Summit 2012 Keynote Day2
This post is a live blog of the PASS Summit 2012 keynote from day 2 on 11/8/2012. This post is...
2012-11-08
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Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No...
Beyond Pipelines: How Fabric Reinvents Data Movement for the Modern Enterprise
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have thought about data like plumbers think about water: you build...
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Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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