In my previous post, I showed you how to build a snapshot backup catalog using SQL Server 2025’s new native REST API integration. But what if you’re still running...
2025-11-12 (first published: 2025-10-25)
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Train employees well enough that they could get another job but treat them well enough that they never want to. – from Excellent Advice for Living This one is...
2025-10-24
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I needed to test a striped backup, so I decided to ask the AI’s for help. This is part of a series of experiments with AI systems. The Problem...
2025-11-07 (first published: 2025-10-22)
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It’s Not Just Backup / Restore At some point every company faces it: the SQL Server that’s been quietly running for years is due for retirement. Maybe the hardware...
2025-10-22
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In SQL Server environments where transactional replication runs alongside Always On Availability Groups (AGs), DBAs sometimes face a frustrating scenario: replication stalls when a secondary replica or subscriber is...
2025-11-07 (first published: 2025-10-21)
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Disable the sa login in SQL Server (and sleep better)If you run SQL Server in 2025 and your sa login is still usable, you’re giving attackers a giant, blinking...
2025-11-10 (first published: 2025-10-21)
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Change is inevitable. What separates thriving organizations from those that falter is not the scale of disruption but how leaders respond to it. In times of shifting technologies, evolving...
2025-11-12 (first published: 2025-10-20)
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It’s been a good year for me. With my sabbatical, I felt like I’ve gotten away from work quite a bit this year. I’ve had a few vacations around...
2025-10-20
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In less than one month, I will be speaking not once but twice at PASS Data Community Summit 2025.
Thursday, November 20th at 1 PM I will be in the...
2025-10-20
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Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton of fun writing these, and I hope you’re enjoying the ride through SQL Server’s haunted...
2025-11-03 (first published: 2025-10-17)
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By SQLPals
SQL Server gMSA: Why DBAs Still Aren't Using It in 2026 ...
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
We have performed a side-by-side upgrade, from SQL Server 2016 to 2022 Developer Edition,...
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