Here are some really common questions I get: How many CPUs does ServerA have? How much memory does ServerA have? ... Continue reading
2021-10-05
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Recently a customer was asking about how they could move data with SQL Data Compare from one server to another. In this case, the customer had a complex join...
2021-10-20 (first published: 2021-10-04)
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It’s the end of the work day here on the east coast and I see that the Facebook is still unavailable. Facebook acknowledged the problem in the following two...
2021-10-04
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I sincerely hope this isn’t the first time you’re hearing about the Pass Data Community Summit that’s coming up in just a few weeks on November 8-12, 2021. But,...
2021-10-04
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I sincerely hope this isn’t the first time you’re hearing about the Pass Data Community Summit that’s coming up in just a few weeks on November 8-12, 2021. But,...
2021-10-15 (first published: 2021-10-04)
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I delivered a talk last week at the Future Data Driven summit. It’s one I’ve done a few times, but I really enjoy it. It’s on the Future of...
2021-10-15 (first published: 2021-10-04)
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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...
2021-10-04
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Goal of this demo: Update a Power BI model schema by adding a column to the data model without opening a PBIX file and ensure the scheduled refresh still...
2021-10-01
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Goal of this demo: Update a Power BI model schema by adding a column to the data model without opening a PBIX file and ensure the scheduled refresh still...
2021-10-13 (first published: 2021-10-01)
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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...
2021-10-01
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A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
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It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
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An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?
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