Moving to a Modern Microsoft Platform

Melbourne Event – Monday 17th June 2019 (Free – including lunch and prizes) PASS, in conjunction with Microsoft, Intel and community leaders are offering free training on Moving to...

Actual Emails: Will MSOLEDB work for connecting to an Availability Group?

Scenario:
We need to configure an existing legacy application from an external vendor to talk to our new SQL Server 2017 Availability Group, which spans multiple subnets. In the end,...

The Data Platform is Important

I didn’t attend the //build/ conference this year and am slightly disappointed. Only slightly, since I was in these cities in May already and didn’t need another trip: London,...

Why Security Through Obscurity Is Bad (Alone)

Security through (by) obscurity is where we try to protect an asset by hiding it. Anyone who has ever played the game Capture the Flag knows that a motivated...

How do I force a SQL Login to change it’s password on next login

Forcing someone to change their password on a periodic basis is a pretty common thing, and any time I’ve gotten ... Continue reading

Implicit Conversion Insights with XE

Seldom does a DBA have the opportunity to get out in front of infrequent or random errors such as implicit conversions. More often than not, it is the privilege...

Implicit Conversion Insights with XE

Seldom does a DBA have the opportunity to get out in front of infrequent or random errors such as implicit conversions. More often than not, it is the privilege...

Implicit Conversion Insights with XE

Seldom does a DBA have the opportunity to get out in front of infrequent or random errors such as implicit conversions. More often than not, it is the privilege...

Microsoft SQL Server Migration plan and steps

Migration is nothing but moving a databases from...
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