SSDT – Installation confusion
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is a Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) replacement, meaning it has a suite of Visual...
2012-04-13
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I am a Linchpin Team Mate
Linchpin People, LLC is an organization led by Brian Moran and Andy Leonard with Mike Walsh and Robert Pearl as...
2012-04-13
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Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Beta exam (70-461 / 71-461) – My Thoughts
Well I’ve now done the final SQL Server 2012 exam I managed to get a slot booked for. The Querying...
2012-04-13
3,511 reads
SQLRally at Starbucks Networking Event
Craig Purnell and I are hosting an informal networking event at SQLRally this year on Friday May 11th from 7-8:30...
2012-05-04 (first published: 2012-04-12)
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SQL server: Deciphering Wait resource
When I was working with couple of frequent blocking issue in our live server, I have noticed different types of...
2012-04-12
32,494 reads
PowerShell and T-SQL: Implementing UNION, INTERSECT, and EXCEPT
I’ve been thoroughly enjoying my experience this year with the Scripting Games. This is the first year I've competed and...
2012-04-16 (first published: 2012-04-12)
6,765 reads
Re-thinking security for customer service
This morning my son woke up to find his eBook reader frozen. It wouldn't unlock. It was fully charged (the...
2012-04-12
1,273 reads
Microsoft Brings Back the Old Certification Acronyms MCSE and MCSA, starting with SQL Server
The new certification structure has been announced by Microsoft and the changes are rather broad and sweeping. MCITP is gone....
2012-04-12
1,959 reads
SQL Server 2012 RTM Cumulative Update 1
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2012 RTM Cumulative Update 1, which is Build 11.0.2316.0. I count 55 fixes in the...
2012-04-12
2,259 reads
Better Living Thru Powershell: Update Statistics in Parallel
As part of a project I’m currently involved with, we’re migrating a database to SQL Server 2008 and performing some...
2012-04-17 (first published: 2012-04-12)
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Blogs
From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
SQL Server gMSA: Why So Many DBAs Still Aren't Using It in 2026
By SQLPals
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Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
Forums
Fulltext filter daemon host (FDHost) process has stopped abnormally
We have performed a side-by-side upgrade, from SQL Server 2016 to 2022 Developer Edition,...
Automating OSM Data Refresh in Power BI’s Azure Maps Reference Layer
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Database Mail Configuration
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Question of the Day
Database Mail Configuration
If I want to get a list of the configuration settings for Database Mail using T-SQL, how can I do so?
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