Don’t optimize for ad hoc workloads as a best practice
(This post was co-authored by Erik Darling.) The more things stay the same, the more they change… No, that’s not a mistake. In fact, it’s a reference to long-held...
2022-02-02
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Daily Coping 2 Feb 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-02-02
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SQL Homework – February 2022 – “Soft” skills.
Well, it’s a new year and a new start, even if I am a bit behind the start of the ... Continue reading
2022-02-02
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SQL Homework – February 2022 – “Soft” skills.
Well, it’s a new year and a new start, even if I am a bit behind the start of the ... Continue reading
2022-02-11 (first published: 2022-02-02)
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SSAS getting message: “Unable to convert one or multiple M partitions into native source queries.”
The Issue Recently one of our team members faced the following issue: We have SSAS Tabular model deployed in DirectQuery mode taking data from MSSQL server database. Suddenly SSAS...
2022-02-09 (first published: 2022-02-01)
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Space used by Individual tables in SQL Server
Learn how to manage SQL Server space used by individual tables with this tutorial. Read more here.
2022-02-14 (first published: 2022-02-01)
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SQL Server Dynamic Management View(DMV)- sys.dm_exec_requests
Execute the sys.dm_exec_requests DMV in SQL Server Management Studio to get the status of the backup or restore operations.
2022-02-01
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Setup Kerberos Constrained Delegation for Group Managed Service Accounts
Kerberos delegation is not a new concept in Active Directory; however, setting it up for Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) can be a bit confusing. Unlike normal domain accounts,...
2022-02-01
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T-SQL Tuesday #147 Invitation – Upgrade Strategies
It is time for T-SQL Tuesday #147 and this month I get to be the host. Since I’m in charge, I usually try to ensure I remember what this...
2022-02-01
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Daily Coping 31 Jan 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-01-31
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Installing and Configuring containerd as a Kubernetes Container Runtime
This post shows you how to install containerd as the container runtime for Kubernetes...
It’s 2026 and I’m retired, so lets get Visual Basic 6.0 to run on Windows 11
In 1999 I released my first commercial software product. ShutOff 2000 was a Windows...
Car Update October 2026
By Steve Jones
This month I want to look at a few of the things I’ve seen...
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Hyperscale Replicas V
I have an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition system running with a geo-replica enabled. Can I create a new geo-replica based on the current secondary geo-replica?
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