SQL Server 2017 in a Docker Container running on a Mac – Tips and Tricks
I started using a MacBook Pro at work, and the very first thing I did was configure SQL Server 2017...
2018-02-23
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SQLSailor.com
SQL Server 2017 running on Windows Containers!
One of the questions which I normally get all the time whenever I talk about SQL Server and Docker is...
2017-05-10
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Google Cloud Spanner – Next big thing in the database world?
Last month Google announced the public beta for Cloud Spanner, and I would like to share few details around this...
2017-03-14
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Windows Server 2016 and SQL Server 2016 – A match made in heaven!
For all these years Windows Server 2016 is the Windows version I was waiting for, and this blog post will explain why...
2016-12-22
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When disks have different sector sizes for primary and secondary replica log files in an AlwaysOn Availability Group Config
Recently I was analyzing a stress test result for an AG configuration, and as usual I was reading to SQL error...
2016-11-07
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AlwaysOn Availability Group Database Level Health Detection – SQL Server 2016
SQL Server 2016 AlwaysOn AG got many improvements, and I’m pretty impressed with the log throughput improvements and redo improvements...
2016-07-08 (first published: 2016-06-30)
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Why you should think about upgrading to SQL Server 2016!
SQL Server 2005 is out of support and you might be (Or rather, you should be) planning an enterprise wide...
2016-05-01
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Curious case of SYS.MESSAGES
A strange error struck me last week, and this post is all about that.
What you normally expect when you run...
2016-03-15 (first published: 2016-03-07)
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Encrypting AlwaysOn Availability Group Transport- Some thoughts!
Transport security for AlwaysOn Availability Group is an interesting topic, and any day it’s a topic which is debatable.
The transport...
2016-01-28
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SQL Server 2016 CTP 3 Setup – UI Improvements
There are some improvements in the setup UI for SQL Server 2016 CTP3, and its great to see Microsoft making...
2015-11-11
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Blogs
Azure Platform Series “You have exceeded the maximum amount of scale changes within the past hour”
By HamishWatson
This blog post relates to where you might be doing scale operations of your...
Bash: “command not found” in IF statement
By HamishWatson
This blog post is about a situation where writing an IF THEN ELSE statement...
The First Data Saturday is Tomorrow
By Steve Jones
Data Saturday #2 – Guatemala is tomorrow. This is the first event on the...
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