How I passed the 70-762 certification exam
According to the myriad of statistics used to track such things, the post “How I passed the 70-761 certification exam” has been one of the most popular on this...
2020-05-31
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Stairway to Microsoft Azure SQL Database Part 4 : Azure SQL server , an overview
In the last few posts, we were discussing about database deployment model and purchase model. Out of the three deployment models, managed instance works almost like on-premises SQL server...
2020-05-31
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Stairway to Microsoft Azure SQL Database Part 4 : Azure SQL server , an overview
In the last few posts, we were discussing about database deployment model and purchase model. Out of the three deployment models, managed instance works almost like on-premises SQL server...
2020-06-17 (first published: 2020-05-31)
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Information Measurement with SQL Server, Part 4.9: The Bregman Divergence
By Steve Bolton …………Before closing out this long-delayed segment on stochastic information distances, I wanted to provide another example of how their complex interrelationships can be integrated together, to...
2020-05-29
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Let’s Talk About The Cloud
I’m launching a new initiative called the Community Circle Cloud Conversation Club (c5 for short). It’s going to a panel discussion lead by experts on cloud technologies. I’ll be...
2020-05-29
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Daily Coping 29 May 2020
I’ve 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...
2020-05-29
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Custom Quarantine PoSh Prompt
Since I’ve been quarantined at home and working in my office, every day is the same. I can’t go to the gym, or coach, or go to the restaurant,...
2020-05-29
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TIL: Get-DbaErrorLog
Ed: SQLDork is a Junior DBA on the team here, learning the DBATools in addition to normal DBA stuff™ Today’s dbatools command is Get-DbaErrorLog, which is very similar to...
2020-05-29
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SOLVED! Untrusted SAS certs after SQL startup
If you've tried doing Backup to URL with SQL Server using a Shared Access Signature (SAS) certificate and received this error: Error: 18204, Severity: 16, State: 1.BackupDiskFile::CreateMedia: Backup...
2020-06-16 (first published: 2020-05-28)
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An Updated Version of the Power BI Enterprise Deployment Whitepaper is Available
A new version of the Microsoft whitepaper “Planning a Power BI Enterprise Deployment” is now available. Once again, Melissa Coates (b|t) and Chris Webb (b|t) are the authors. I...
2020-06-16 (first published: 2020-05-28)
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Don’t Fear the Technology
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The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
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Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
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RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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