Catching Up On SQLOrlando
Somehow two years have elapsed since my last update; hopefully it won’t be that long before the next one. My last post was about SQLSaturday Orlando 2023. Since then,...
2026-01-16 (first published: 2026-01-03)
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Advice I Like: Pyramid Schemes
If someone is trying to convince you it’s not a pyramid scheme, it’s a pyramid scheme – from Excellent Advice for Living For sure. As much as I am...
2026-01-02
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Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt could help me with some analysis. I was pleasantly surprised by how this went. This...
2026-01-16 (first published: 2025-12-31)
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SQL Server Upgrades: In-Place or New Server?
This isn’t a religious debate. I have a client right now debating how to handle SQL Server upgrades across all of their dev and test environments. And it’s...
2026-02-18 (first published: 2025-12-31)
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FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for running containerized workloads. While Kubernetes is one of the best orchestration tools, it also presents...
2026-01-12 (first published: 2025-12-31)
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tSQLt Test Adapter for Visual Studio 2022+
I have had a number of requests for me to update the tSqlt Test Adapter over the years so it would work with more recent versions of Visual Studio....
2026-02-20 (first published: 2025-12-30)
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2025 Wrapped for Steve
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I had a series of posts (health, music, reading, speaking, travel). This year, I took last...
2025-12-29
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The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia I miss Brad. I enjoyed traveling around and working with him. I’d forgotten about Bob...
2025-12-26
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Merry Christmas
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading today, here it is nonetheless. I wish you and your family as many blessing as...
2025-12-25
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Fabric Cost Analysis (FCA)
Monitoring costs in Microsoft Fabric can be trickier than it first appears. You might assume it’s just a flat fee per capacity (easy, right?), but real-world usage tends to...
2026-02-23 (first published: 2025-12-24)
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Blogs
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion
By DataOnWheels
I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits III
On SQL Server 2025, does DBCC CHECKDB support Memory-Optimized tables?
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