"What's New in SQL 2017?" at the Baton Rouge SQL Server UG meeting
We had a great joint meeting tonight of the Baton Rouge SQL and .NET User Groups at the Louisiana Tech...
2018-02-15
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SQL Tact
SQL Server on TLS 1.2: Checklist to disabling TLS 1.1 and 1.0
A common finding in security audits these days is the failure to conduct all communications via TLS 1.2. (Correspondingly, a...
2018-01-16 (first published: 2018-01-09)
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SQL Server on TLS 1.2: XEvent session to catch TLS in use
How can you tell what version of TLS is currently used for client connections? Unfortunately there isn't a handy queryable column...
2018-01-09
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Our SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside Out fun author survey
I was honored to be on the author team of the new SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside Out book by...
2017-12-20
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Start/Stop Group of Azure RM VM's
For testlab purposes, I often have a group of Azure VMs to manually spin up/spin down at once. I've had...
2017-12-19
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Attracting Non-Technical Speakers to Your SQLSat Events
Fellow DBA and community leader Peter Shore of the Columbus SQL PASS UG and SQLSat Columbus OH asked me via Twitter, "What is the...
2017-12-04
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SQLSat Organizers and UG Leaders Meetings at PASS Summit - Tips and Tricks notes
At the SQLSat Organizers and UG Leaders Meetings at PASS Summit meetings last week, we were given an opportunity to share...
2017-11-06
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The #SQLSAT Speaker Goodie Bag
Last summer, I heard about an awesome idea for speaker gifts at SQLSat Pensacola 2017 from organizer Karla Landrum and...
2017-10-29
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VS Code: PowerShell and focusConsoleOnExecute
If you're used to the behavior of SSMS or PowerShell ISE where upon executing code in the script panel, your...
2017-10-03
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Twilight Timezone: Date and Time Architecture in your Applications aka Use DateTimeOffset, Your Future Self Thanks You
Thanks to everyone at a joint meeting of the Baton Rouge .NET and SQL Server User Groups who joined my...
2017-09-14
426 reads
Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No...
Beyond Pipelines: How Fabric Reinvents Data Movement for the Modern Enterprise
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have thought about data like plumbers think about water: you build...
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Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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