Your next step in the cloud
Over the last nine months I’ve presented (virtually) eleven times on a variety of topics relating to SQL Server and the Microsoft Data Platform. Long-time readers will know I...
2021-12-08
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Daily Coping 8 Dec 2021
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...
2021-12-08
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Copying large files from SharePoint Online
I recently worked on a project where we needed to copy some large files from a specified library in SharePoint Online. In that library, there were several layers of...
2021-12-20 (first published: 2021-12-07)
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How Long has Your SQL Server Been Online
This week’s blog post will help you check your SQL Servers up-time. There are numerous reasons I can think of that you would want to know how long your...
2021-12-15 (first published: 2021-12-07)
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The less you hear from or about the DBAs the better they are doing their job.
Something I’ve been thinking about recently is that DBAs are best when they are invisible. Now, this is also true ... Continue reading
2021-12-07
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The less you hear from or about the DBAs the better they are doing their job.
Something I’ve been thinking about recently is that DBAs are best when they are invisible. Now, this is also true ... Continue reading
2021-12-15 (first published: 2021-12-07)
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Daily Coping 7 Dec 2021
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...
2021-12-07
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Finding the NTFS Allocation Unit Size for Mount Points
The 64Kb Allocation Unit size is one of the easiest SQL Server best practice items to complete during your new builds, but from time to time, I still see...
2021-12-07
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SQL Managed Instances – Failing Over
This is our current setup shown below. There is not much to failing over with Managed Instances, from experience it is similar to that of Azure SQL Database. Let’s...
2021-12-17 (first published: 2021-12-07)
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Tagging in SQL Monitor
For many of us, we’ve learned over time that we need to filter out the amount of things that we deal with in an given situation. We certainly often...
2021-12-13 (first published: 2021-12-06)
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Blogs
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident
By SQLPals
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident SQL...
What Does It Mean to Make Data AI-Ready?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 1 (This is the first article in a three-part series...
Using the Data API Builder–VS Live San Diego Resources
By Steve Jones
Thanks for attending my sessions. Resources below: Slides: Using Data API Builder GitHub repo: ...
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Hyperscale Replicas II
How many Azure SQL DB Hyperscale HA replicas can be configured as of Sept 2026?
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