March MVP – Gareth Swanepoel
The March nomination is Gareth Swanepoel (B|T).
If you don’t know Gareth you should make it a point to get to know...
2016-03-31
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I hope you didn't miss it!
Warning: This is a really short post.
Today March 31st, BrentOzar.com is giving away their videos! Well, not giving away... but...
2016-03-31
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2016 PASS Nominating Committee Announced
I was pleased to hear today that I was selected for the 2016 NomCom, along with Joaquin Romero, Erin Stellato,...
2016-03-31
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SQL Server 2016 Azure Virtual Machines
With the release candidates coming thick and fast for SQL Server 2016 downloading, uninstalling the previous version and installing the...
2016-03-30
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Multiple Tagging of TFS Work Items Using Excel
In my article, TFS tools for managing SQL Server development, I covered several Team Foundation Server (TFS) client tools that can...
2016-03-30
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When should I test?
To test or not to test. That is the question. Or is it? Shouldn’t we always test? That was the...
2016-03-30
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SQL Agent Job Schedules
SQL Agent job schedules should be easy to read for humans if for nothing else than the fact that you have to provide this information to the auditors from...
2016-03-29
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SQL Agent Job Schedules
Many moons ago, I posted a script to help report on the human friendly scheduling information for SSRS subscriptions. You...
2016-04-12 (first published: 2016-03-29)
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Certain DBs in an AG not Backing Up
Last week, I received an alert that the percentage of transaction log in use on one of our production databases...
2016-03-29
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My latest presentations
I frequently present at user groups, and always try to create a brand new presentation to keep things interesting. We...
2016-03-29
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Blogs
Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments–Day of Data Boston
By Steve Jones
Here are the resources for my talk at Day of Data Boston. Slides –...
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Forums
SQL Server Storage Optimization: Multiple Files in a Filegroup vs Dedicated File
Hello, I would like to get some feedback regarding the best storage optimization strategy...
Azure SQL Database Event Log Limitations
Hi, Do you know if there is a way to get more detailed logging...
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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