I’m starting a webinar series about SQL Server indexing with the fine folks of MSSQLTips.com. Each “episode” will be about 30 minutes long and will feature a certain topic...
2026-03-18 (first published: 2026-03-17)
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In my experience, FinOps success has never been just about tools or dashboards. It comes down to people. The right structure, the right ownership, and clear accountability make all...
2026-03-18 (first published: 2026-03-17)
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I had a great time at SQL Saturday Atlanta 2026 this past weekend. I had some good comments and a few questions. I’ll write a bit more on this,...
2026-03-16
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As a DevOps person, I know that to make FinOps successful, you need more than just a good strategy—you need the right tools and technologies to execute that strategy...
2026-03-17 (first published: 2026-03-16)
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As someone who works in DevOps, I’m always focused on creating systems that are efficient, scalable, and reliable. But when it comes to the cloud, one critical piece often...
2026-03-30 (first published: 2026-03-15)
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I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue about details in fitness or finances that are more detailed than is useful to them....
2026-03-30 (first published: 2026-03-13)
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Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand. For the rest of your life, you’ll use this knot more times than you would...
2026-03-13
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As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as cloud adoption has matured, I’ve come to realise that building and running great systems isn’t...
2026-03-12
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On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released patches for SQL Server to address privilege escalation vulnerabilities in supported versions. Time to patch!
2026-03-25 (first published: 2026-03-12)
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Throughout my long history of working with the Oracle Database, there are some things that often just take for granted, on the assumption that they have always been present....
2026-03-12
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When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
hi, im not a dba. For a couple of years our dev sql server...
Hello, I would like to ask whether it is technically possible to redirect a...
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