KDA: Echoes of Deception - Onboarding

I’ll walk through the KDA UI and tackle the first challenge before diving into the real cases.
The UI layout
This is what your layout might look like:

LHS menu where you...

Kusto Detective Agency - Intro

While I mostly write about SQL Server, I have a soft spot for Kusto. In this series, I will explore solutions to fun challenges collectively known as the Kusto...

The Book of Redgate: Customer Quotes

Many organizations list customer testimonials and quotes on their websites or literature. It makes sense to show off those places where you’ve done well in hopes of influencing others...

Using Cron in Postgres Flex

pg_cron is a simple cron-based job scheduler for PostgreSQL that runs inside the database as an extension. It allows you to schedule PostgreSQL commands directly from your database, similar...

Can I Change a Primary Key Value? #SQLNewBlogger

I heard someone say recently that you can’t change a primary key value in a row. That’s not the case, so I decided to show a quick proof of...

SQL Server Index Primer

Indexes 101: What, Why, and When? “What Is an Index?” I get this question a lot, especially from developers and sysadmins who’ve been handed a SQL Server and told,...

Secure Azure SQL Server Backups Using Managed Identities

I do believe most people know about the ability to backup your SQL server databases to URL (from Azure VMs).  If you recall you would use the storage key...

Using a Local Large Language Model (LLM): Interacting with Local LLMs Using PowerShell

As AI continues to evolve, many of us are looking for ways to leverage large language models (LLMs) without relying on cloud services. As we learned in my previous...

Monday Monitor Tips: Finding the Hostname for Queries

I was chatting with a customer recently and they wanted to know which host was sending in queries that were causing problems in real time. This post looks at...

Can AI Read Execution Plans?

Yeah, yeah, second AI post in a row. I promise not to make a habit of it. But I saw someone else mention that you can feed them XML...