Elastic Jobs for Azure SQL DB
I know if you are a SQL Server DBA using Azure SQL DB, you’ve been sorely missing the agent. Enter Elastic Jobs to help you schedule jobs more easily...
2024-04-29 (first published: 2024-04-16)
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Azure SQL DB Failover Groups
In today’s fast-paced digital world, keeping your data safe and accessible is more important than ever. That’s where Azure SQL Database steps in, offering a suite of tools to...
2024-04-22 (first published: 2024-04-05)
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How Do You Decide What to Learn?
There are so many choices and so little time. How do you go about deciding what to learn? I have to delicately balance everything I think I want to...
2024-04-15 (first published: 2024-04-02)
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Using SQL Elastic Pools
We use SQL elastic pools at work. I needed to learn more about their nuances and help you with some of their challenges. Setting Up Elastic Pools Here‘s some...
2024-04-05 (first published: 2024-03-29)
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Dear Women in Tech, You Can Present at EightKB, Too
Last year, I submitted and was accepted to present at the EightKB conference. At first, I thought my current presentation wasn’t advanced enough, but Tracy Boggiano convinced me otherwise....
2024-03-29 (first published: 2024-03-21)
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Darling Data SQL Server Stored Procs in Azure SQL Database
Erik Darling, founder of Darling Data, has created these fantastic stored procedures to query SQL Server more efficiently to get health, log, or performance information. I will go through...
2024-02-16 (first published: 2024-01-30)
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Finding Foreign Keys in Azure SQL DB
There are plenty of times I’m called upon to fix data. To do this, I must know what dependencies are in the database. Foreign keys are a crucial aspect...
2024-01-17 (first published: 2024-01-02)
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Build a Terraform Module for Azure SQL
Building a Terraform module for Azure SQL DB is like packaging your infrastructure magic into a reusable box. It’s the kind of thing that makes your IT life smoother....
2024-01-10 (first published: 2023-12-29)
325 reads
Kusto (KQL) for Azure SQL Audit
According to Rod Trent, Kusto is named after Jacques Cousteau. He says, “We are exploring the depths of our data” by searching and querying our Azure log data. His...
2024-01-03 (first published: 2023-12-26)
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Extended Events in Azure Data Studio
I know I can use extended events (xevents) in Azure SQL DB when in SSMS, but I wanted to learn how to use them in Azure Data Studio (ADS)....
2023-12-20 (first published: 2023-11-30)
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Blogs
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This Friday is the NYC DevOps Devour hour, which is actually 3 hours. Plus...
What’s new in SQL Server 2025 CTP 2.0
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Monday Monitor Tips: Beyond SQL Server
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Redgate Monitor works with more than SQL Server. Some big changes were announced recently,...
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Deadlocks and Backups - Need help
Hey everyone, please excuse my ignorance, I'm just .NET developer and have used SQL...
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