Domain Independent Cluster and Availability Group
What is a Domain Independent Cluster? Did you know that you can have a Windows cluster that is a domain independent cluster and run a SQL Server Availability Group...
2018-07-05
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Domain Independent Cluster and Availability Group
What is a Domain Independent Cluster? Did you know that you can have a Windows cluster that is a domain...
2018-07-05
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SQL Server Management Studio Tips & Tricks From Dr Greg Low
It’s been a bit slow in the US this week due to the American 4th of July holiday, but it’s...
2018-07-10 (first published: 2018-07-05)
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The Right to Be Erased is Coming to California, Along with Other Privacy Rights
In the last year, developers and DBAs have heard a lot about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law passed by the European Union. These regulations not only impact...
2018-07-05
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Testing BackBlaze Restores
The most important thing for a data guy is having a way to restore data. If security, performance, etc. are...
2018-07-13 (first published: 2018-07-05)
2,322 reads
Why Aren’t You Using SSMS 17?
Last fall, Microsoft split the coding and release of SQL Server Management Studio away from any dependency on the server...
2018-07-12 (first published: 2018-07-05)
4,769 reads
Contained Database – No more need for Server Level Logins
Starting in SQL Server 2012 and in Azure SQL Database, Microsoft introduced the concept of a contained database. A contained...
2018-07-11 (first published: 2018-07-05)
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Community recognition
On the first day of January 2017, I was honoured to receive an email naming me as a Microsoft MVP...
2018-07-04
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Updating VSTS to SQL Change Automation
We (Redgate) released SQL Change Automation a few weeks back. This is the first stage to implementing a combined toolset...
2018-07-04
1,006 reads
Saving disk space by choosing the correct data type
"Database is almost 4 TB in size, user is complaining on long times for DEV data refresh and high storage...
2018-07-03
1,762 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
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Hyperscale Replicas IV
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The SQL Server Date Magic: When CAST and CONVERT Keep Your Index Seek
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Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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