Question of the Day: Check, Please
This one is live today, it’s about Powershell and restoring databases, based on some scripting I had been working on....
2015-12-03
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SQLAndy
SSC Editorial: Early Adopters
I wrote Early Adopters for SQLServerCentral after seeing a comment elsewhere that basically lumped all MVP’s into one category as...
2015-11-25
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Job & Process Documentation Tips
Three big things I look for in documentation:
Who to call when it goes wrongWhere to find it the code, especially...
2015-11-19
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Veterans Day – Thank You for Your Service
If you currently serve or have served in our military, thank you for your service. Please never doubt that your...
2015-11-11
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Did PASS Forget the DBA?
Today I had on my list to finish watching the presentation Gail Shaw did at Summit 2014, one of the...
2015-11-11
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More Thoughts on the PASS BAC
Here’s an excerpt from an email from PASS I received on November 4 and also available at this link (bolding added by...
2015-11-10
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Renewed as MVP
I was renewed for another year as a SQL Server – now Data Platform – MVP, always pleasant news. My plan for...
2015-11-10
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New FileTable Questions Posted on SQLServerCentral
I’m late posting this, I wrote six questions after doing a refresh of what I knew (or should have known) about...
2015-11-10
442 reads
Notes on the 2015 PASS Summit
I’m still catching up after my 13th PASS Summit and as usual the longer I wait the shorter the notes...
2015-11-04
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PASS Summit 2015 Plans
I’m flying out Sunday morning on my usual direct flight from Orlando to Seattle. I like getting there a day...
2015-10-23
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Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
how to write this query?
Hi everyone I asked this earlier but the desired outcome is a bit different...
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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