The Fine Art Of Translation
I remember being thoroughly baffled in grade school by word problems. How in the world was I supposed to translate...
2017-12-18
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T-SQL Tuesday #97 Roundup: Learning goals for 2018
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party started by respected SQL Guru Adam Machanic. I was honored with hosting this...
2017-12-18
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SQL Server 2016 – How to use Dynamic Data Masking (DDM)?
Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) is new feature of SQL Server 2016. DDM helps in preventing unauthorized access to sensitive data....
2017-12-18
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Some Thoughts on Community, Leadership, and Continuous Improvement
The SQL Server community is just awesome. I can’t say that enough. I may sound like a broken record when...
2017-12-17
383 reads
Attempting to Run SQL on Linux Inside Windows Subsystem for Linux
Shawn Melton MVP and dbatools contributor last week had an issue running SQL Server on Linux inside of Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Error trying to configure #sqlLinux on the openSUSE...
2017-12-16
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Attempting to Run SQL on Linux Inside Windows Subsystem for Linux
Shawn Melton MVP and dbatools contributor last week had an issue running SQL Server on Linux inside of Windows Subsystem...
2017-12-16
1,011 reads
The Value of Shortcuts
Decades ago when I was working as a retail clerk, I had a boss named Billy. Billy was a pragmatic...
2017-12-16
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Changing TFS to use HTTPS? — update your agent settings too….
This blog post is about Team Foundation Server (TFS) and is about the situation where you need remember to update...
2017-12-16
530 reads
xSQLServer is dead long live SqlServerDsc
I have had a problem with DSC in Azure Automation for a few months now, there was a change made...
2017-12-15
353 reads
xSQLServer is dead long live SqlServerDsc
I have had a problem with DSC in Azure Automation for a few months now, there was a change made to the xSqlServer DSC resource which meant that the...
2017-12-15
16 reads
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Checking the Error Log II
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