SQL Server Management Studio: Video Tutorial
SQL Server Management Studio is the all in one tool for developers and DBAs alike to work with SQL Server....
2017-07-25
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Sudden Differential Backup Failures after an Availability Group Failover
As so many stories do, this story starts with a failover - in this case an Availability Group (AG) failover.
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There were...
2017-07-24
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Geek Sync on Wednesday: Taking Control of Your Organization’s SQL Server Sprawl
This Wednesday, July 26th, at 12 PM EDT, I’ll be giving a presentation through Idera’s Geek Sync series. You will...
2017-07-24
299 reads
FizzBuzz–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2017-07-24
545 reads
Database Fundamentals #6: Create a Table with the SSMS GUI
The whole idea behind databases is to store information, data, in order to look at it later. The place where...
2017-07-24
536 reads
SQL Summer Vacation–SentryOne
We are having an extra Louisville SQL Server and Power BI User Group meeting this month due to the SQL...
2017-07-24
412 reads
SQL Server on Linux Series: Additional Drives
One of the biggest differences with managing SQL Server Linux is with drive presentation. With Windows, we’d all scream if...
2017-08-09 (first published: 2017-07-24)
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Upcoming SQL Server User Group Presentations
I’ll be speaking at two New England area SQL Server user groups in the next few days! First, tonight I’ll...
2017-07-24
302 reads
Default SQL Agent Reports – Top Jobs
Looking at what a job has been doing is important. Particularly if something is going wrong. Now there are several...
2017-07-24
464 reads
Upcoming Content
This is the reality of learning newer tech somewhat in depth and working with it. What this series of posts...
2017-07-24
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Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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