Reading the January 2017 PASS Minutes
I’ve been catching up on stuff this week, including reading the January 2017 minutes. It was in-person meeting so a...
2017-03-27
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Reviewing the PASS 2017 Budget
I did a quick review of the 2017 PASS Budget. It’s not a page turner, but it has a lot...
2017-03-27
375 reads
Test your Sqlserver backups on Linux with PowerShell and dbatools
I have written about Test-DbaLastBackup in posts here, here and here. They have been Windows only posts.
With SQL Server vNext...
2017-03-27
353 reads
SQLBits 2017
I have never been to SQLBits (https://sqlbits.com/) before (due to budgets) but I am really looking forward to attending which...
2017-03-27
310 reads
Monday Coffee 2017-03-27
Hey all, I’m back after attending SQL Saturday in Iceland. This week’s going to be busy!
I’ve said before that SQL...
2017-03-27
252 reads
How easy it is to implement Row Level Security in SQL SERVER 2016 ?
To understand RLS (ROW LEVEL SECURITY) let’s understand the different problems first.Problem 1 Suppose, you have a Multi-tenant e-commerce website...
2017-03-27
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Columnstore Indexes – part 100 (“Identity”)
Continuation from the previous 99 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
In Data Warehousing one will not be...
2017-03-25
800 reads
The Public Speaking Roadmap
So you look around, and all the cool kids are speaking at SQL Saturdays and PASS Summit and the like....
2017-03-25
342 reads
Using Pester with dbatools Test-DbaLastBackup
In previous posts I have shown how to use Test-DbaLastBackup from dbatools and how you can make use of the...
2017-04-11 (first published: 2017-03-25)
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TSQLTuesday.com – Quick WordPress Setup in Azure
When I agreed to host the T-SQL Tuesday site, I wasn’t sure what to do. I thought about just putting...
2017-03-24
1,135 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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