A Las Vegas Break
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for the Red Rock Rave volleyball tournament with a team of 13 year olds. We’ve been...
2026-04-03
26 reads
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a few people thinking and commenting on their own experiences. I decided to write a few...
2026-04-10 (first published: 2026-04-01)
203 reads
Who Are You Doing It For?
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed to ask a critical question, "Who am I doing this for?" When I agree to...
2026-04-10 (first published: 2026-03-30)
238 reads
Presenting Twice in May 2026
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person twice in May 2026. With summer vacations coming up, this is a perfect time of...
2026-03-30
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Finding the Next Sequence Value: #SQLNewBlogger
I saw a question asking about the next sequence value and decided to try and answer it myself. I assumed this would be easy, and it was, but I...
2026-04-15 (first published: 2026-03-30)
197 reads
SQL Server Journey Part 2: Modern Era (2017 – 2026) – AI/Cloud First
Following up on my Part 1 baseline, the journey from 2017 onward changed how we look at the “Engine.” We moved from Service Packs to a faster world of...
2026-03-28 (first published: 2026-03-27)
41 reads
Google Moves Up Post-Quantum Cryptography Timeline
In cryptography, the RSA and ECC algorithms which we use primarily for asymmetric cryptography are susceptible to Shor's Algorithm in quantum cryptography. Cracking those algorithms with classical computing is...
2026-04-08 (first published: 2026-03-27)
317 reads
The Book of Redgate: No Politics
In today’s world, this might mean something different, but in 2010, we had this value: In our context, this was about being open and transparent. This is the text...
2026-03-27
50 reads
The Burrito Bot: AI-Powered Search in SQL Server 2025
A while back I posted about a couple of side projects that I’ve been working on when I get the chance. One of those was the Burrito Bot…a bot...
2026-04-06 (first published: 2026-03-27)
387 reads
SQL Server Journey (Part 1)- Enterprise Database 2016
Continued thinking about my Journey blog where we have to look back at the revolutionary of SQL Server till SQL Server 2025. I would like to brief more on...
2026-03-27 (first published: 2026-03-26)
35 reads
Blogs
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Keeping Track of my ConEmu CLIs
By Steve Jones
I use ConEmu for my terminal interface. I’m still on Windows 10 at home,...
10 Decisions to Make Before You Create A Fabric Workspace
Creating a Fabric workspace takes about 30 seconds. Restructuring workspaces after people have built...
Forums
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
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Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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