Want to Learn More About How to Master Microsoft Technologies?
If you want to learn more about how to master various Microsoft technologies, visit the website Born to Learn. This...
2010-03-18
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Script: Backup All your Databases
We all know the importance of taking regular backups of our SQL Server databases. This is a useful little script...
2010-03-18
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The Coming Upgrade Tidal Wave
Microsoft is poised to release new versions of several different products and technologies that have the potential to have a...
2010-03-18
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Undocumented Virtual Column: %%lockres%
One of my development teams needed a mechanism for identifying the value of a key that was part of a...
2010-03-18
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This is Dumb - eBooks
Amazon v Apple, both pressuring publishers on ebook concessions. It’s big business, and it could easily be good or bad...
2010-03-18
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New Goal: Security Presentation for End Users on Social Media
Cross-posted from the Goal Keeping DBA:
In recent days I’ve seen folks jump on Facebook groups and become fans of pages...
2010-03-18
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Stay Interview Instead of Exit Interview
I had not heard of the stay interview until a friend sent over a link. The idea is that rather...
2010-03-18
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Changing Storage for your SQL Server
A friend pinged me the other day with a question on SQL Server storage. He works as a Windows consultant,...
2010-03-18
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Minimizing Fragmentation when Moving data using a Switch
Yesterday was the first day of the SQL Server 2008 R2 airlift.I attended a great session on Implementing a Fast...
2010-03-17
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Using SSAS MDX Calculation Color Expressions
Analysis Services calculations are great for storing formulas that your users need to see on a regular basis. They also...
2010-03-17
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Blogs
TRY_PARSE Limitations: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I got a notification from a question I’d posted at SQL Server Central: Getting...
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices
By SQLPals
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices In...
Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026 Report is out
By Brian Kelley
Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing are two areas of emerging technology that receive most...
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A Limited Startup
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A Limited Startup
I add this parameter to SQL Server 2025 in the Configuration Manager:
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