Public preview of Azure SQL Database Managed Instance

Microsoft has announced the public preview of Azure SQL Database Managed Instance.  I blogged about this before.  This will lead...

Catch up on SQL in the City 2018–GDPR Edition

The videos for our SQL in the City 2018 broadcast from last month are up on the Redgate channel in...

Win at IT Contracting: The recruitment Agent Business Model

WIN at IT contracting: A FREE guide showing YOU How to get the most out of Recruitment Agent Relationships

Welcome to WIN at IT contracting: A...

Appearance: SQL Data Partners Podcast

A couple weeks ago Carlos L. Cachon (blog|twitter) put out a call on Twitter looking for SQL Saturday organizers to join him on the SQL Data Partners Podcast. When...

Availability Group round-robin read-only routing isn't magic

I've been hearing about round-robin read-only routing ever since SQL 2016 came out but whenever I tried to test if...

SQL Server logins, users, SIDs, and orphaned users – a quick primer

Here’s a good starter article on SQL Server logins, users, and SIDs: SQL Server Logins, Users and Security Identifiers (SIDs) Some...

The best overlooked addition to SQL 2016

Many of the widely advertised and talked about features of SQL Server or other software products focus exclusively on the...

Overheard: “I just think there’s not that many women who enjoy coding. And I say that based on my daughter, too.”

Update: Instead of reading this blog post, I suggest you read the article, “The Secret History of Women in Computing: Computer programming once had much better gender balance than...

SQL 2017 Administration Inside Out - link dump

Hello all-

More than a year's work went into the newest Inside Out book by Microsoft Press, I was happy to...

Learning Goals 2018–February Review

Better than month 1. Only XE this month.
My first week I got a reminder to spend some time on XE,...