Daily Coping 2 Jun 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-06-02
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TSQL Tuesday #127 Invite – Non SQL Tips and tricks
How about for this months TSQL Tuesday let’s do another month of tips and tricks. But just to be a ... Continue reading
2020-06-02
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Backup your SQL instances configurations to GIT with dbatools – Part 1
Today I want to share how I’m keeping a copy of instances’ configurations using dbatools. Chrissy LeMaire (B | T) wrote about it before on the Simplifying disaster recovery...
2020-06-15 (first published: 2020-06-02)
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Home Office Desk Evolution
Setting up a home office can be a daunting task. Doubly so when you don’t get an opportunity to plan it out and you have to set things up...
2020-06-02
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Getting Started on AWS RDS
I’m expanding my skill set into AWS in a big way. So, one of the things I do when I’m learning a technology is to write blog posts about...
2020-06-17 (first published: 2020-06-01)
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Daily Coping 1 Jun 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-06-01
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Setting Up GitHub Desktop (formerly GitHub for Windows)
When I started using Git, I first download GitHub for Windows. I went searching, and instead found GitHub Desktop, which is the new client from GitHub for working with...
2020-06-01
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Undercover Tools: June Updates
Undercover Catalogue Update 0.4.3 An update to the tables module, Row count and size infotmation added Fix – LocalInterrogation There was an issue with the LocalInterrogation stored proc not...
2020-06-01
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Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
[MSSQLFUN & Decode ITeS becomes a family of 1500 individuals across the globe. Please join us on Facebook & YouTube.] Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is a...
2020-06-01
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How I passed the 70-762 certification exam
According to the myriad of statistics used to track such things, the post “How I passed the 70-761 certification exam” has been one of the most popular on this...
2020-05-31
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Backing Up a DMK
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