Refreshing Availability Group Database with PowerShell
Following last weeks post on Refreshing A Mirrored Database with PowerShell I thought I would write the script to refresh...
2014-09-04
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SQL DBA With A Beard
Refreshing A SQL Mirrored Database Using Powershell
SQL mirroring is a means of providing high availability for your SQL database. It is available in Standard Edition and...
2014-08-25
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Enable CLR with Powershell
I had an email last night from someone who attended my PowerShell Box of Tricks session at SQL Saturday Exeter
He...
2014-05-05
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Listing the SQL Server SysAdmins With PowerShell
A very short blog today just to pass on this little script.
I was required to list all of the SysAdmins...
2014-04-14
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Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
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
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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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