How Your Hypervisor Can Impact Your CPU
Recently I had a client complain of chronic high CPU utilization. The performance of their SQL Server had degraded, and...
2019-03-06
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SQLEspresso
Editorial – Dealing with Ugly Babies
One thing I learned while working as a database administrator over 17 years is the importance of teamwork across departments....
2019-02-27
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Azure Key Vault Logging
Following up from last week’s post on Azure Key Vault in this blog I will show you how to the...
2019-02-20
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Speaking Internationally at SQLBits
I am very excited and lucky to be speaking at my very first international conference, SQLBits. SQLBits, the largest SQL...
2019-02-13
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What is Azure Key Vault?
Keys and secrets (AKA passwords) are an essential part of data protection management not only on-premises, but within the cloud...
2019-02-06
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Azure Advisor
Azure offers a lot of value-added services included with the price of what you pay . One of the things really,...
2019-01-30
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Scheduling things to Run in SQL Server
A key part of the SQL Server Agent is the ability to schedule jobs. While you can create one schedule...
2019-02-08 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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Approximate COUNT DISTINCT
We all have written queries that use COUNT DISTINCT to get the unique number of non-NULL values from a table....
2019-01-15 (first published: 2019-01-03)
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Static Data Masking (SSMS 18.0 Preview)
Ever need to have a test database on hand that you can allow others to query “real like” data without...
2019-01-02 (first published: 2018-12-19)
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SQL Server Vulnerability Assessment
SQL Server Vulnerability Assessment (VA) in SQL Server Management Studio 17.4 or later lets SQL Server scan your databases for...
2018-12-12
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Blogs
Think Twice Before Enabling Fabric’s Inbound Network Protection
Fabric inbound network protection involves two tenant-level controls: Private Link and Block Public Internet...
Match the Model to the Task, Not the App: An Orchestrator-Worker Pattern in Python
Most apps that call an LLM send every request to the same model. That...
Advice I Like: Responsibility
By Steve Jones
“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not...
Forums
AI Observability Challenges in FinOps as a DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item AI Observability Challenges in FinOps...
Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL
Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...
SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Agent Job Automated Change...
Question of the Day
Finding a Database Master Key
Where do I check for the existence of a Database Master Key (DMK) in SQL Server 2025?
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