Who Are You Doing It For?

But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed to ask a critical question, "Who am I doing this for?" When I agree to...

Presenting Twice in May 2026

I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person twice in May 2026. With summer vacations coming up, this is a perfect time of...

Finding the Next Sequence Value: #SQLNewBlogger

I saw a question asking about the next sequence value and decided to try and answer it myself. I assumed this would be easy, and it was, but I...

SQL Server Journey Part 2: Modern Era (2017 – 2026) – AI/Cloud First

Following up on my Part 1 baseline, the journey from 2017 onward changed how we look at the “Engine.” We moved from Service Packs to a faster world of...

Google Moves Up Post-Quantum Cryptography Timeline

In cryptography, the RSA and ECC algorithms which we use primarily for asymmetric cryptography are susceptible to Shor's Algorithm in quantum cryptography. Cracking those algorithms with classical computing is...

The Book of Redgate: No Politics

In today’s world, this might mean something different, but in 2010, we had this value: In our context, this was about being open and transparent. This is the text...

The Burrito Bot: AI-Powered Search in SQL Server 2025

A while back I posted about a couple of side projects that I’ve been working on when I get the chance. One of those was the Burrito Bot…a bot...

SQL Server Journey (Part 1)- Enterprise Database 2016

Continued thinking about my Journey blog where we have to look back at the revolutionary of SQL Server till SQL Server 2025. I would like to brief more on...

Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference

A ton of new features for Microsoft Fabric were announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon Atlanta 26) last week (see the FabCon keynote here). There were 8000 attendees! Here...

PowerShell Remoting for SQL DBAs: WinRM + SSH Guide (Updated 2026)

PowerShell Remoting for SQL DBAs: WinRM + SSH Guide (Updated 2026)

Originally published in 2023, this post never made it into Google's index, so I'm republishing it...