How to configure Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2016 using SSMS, PowerShell and T-SQL
In an era of remote storage and retrieval of data, including the cloud, data security plays a vital role, especially...
2017-10-02
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Test Your SQL Memory Setting with dbatools
I really like the dbatools project. This is a series of PowerShell cmdlets that are built by the community and...
2017-10-02
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SQL Homework – October 2017 – Sample/Test Database(s)
Last month your homework was to set up your own lab. Now it’s time to put a sample database or...
2017-10-02
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SQL Server – Pause VS Stop
You have the ability to actually pause SQL Server, if you are in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), you might...
2017-10-02
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Monday Coffee: Long hours worked
Last week I asked the following question on twitter: –
I had a load of responses from a lot of DBAs...
2017-10-02
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Want to know what software is running on the VSTS Hosted Agent? Go here….
This is related to my previous post about installing things on my Private-Hosted agent that I use for my VSTS...
2017-10-02
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New Pluralsight Course – LFCE: Linux Service Management – HTTP Services
My new course “LFCE: Linux Service Management – HTTP Services” in now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to learn about the course, check out the trailer here or if you want to...
2017-10-01
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New Pluralsight Course – LFCE: Linux Service Management – HTTP Services
My new course “LFCE: Linux Service Management – HTTP Services” in now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to learn about the course,...
2017-10-01
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When upgrading a Visual Studio project — you need to upgrade your TFS/VSTS Agent
This post is linked to my post about hosting VSTS private agents . I had recently upgraded my Visual Studio environment...
2017-10-01
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Welcome to The Monday Morning DBA
I started my IT career twenty years ago as a VB and C developer, wandered into C++ for a bit,...
2017-09-30
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
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...
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Building a Support Ticket Triage Report with IIF() and CHOOSE() in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Tables
Which of the following psql meta commands (also called backslash or slash commands) will provide information about tables within a database?
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