Database Fundamentals #1: Install SQL Server
To get started with SQL Server, you need to install it. However, I’m not going to teach you how to...
2017-06-05
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The Scary DBA
Database Fundamentals
One of my favorite things about being a technologist is constantly learning new things, but, this can lead us to...
2017-06-15 (first published: 2017-05-31)
2,791 reads
Technology Gender Gap By State
This is my first ever guest blog post. Take it away Hazel Garcia.
Though the gender gap narrows by the year,...
2017-06-02 (first published: 2017-05-22)
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MySQL and Backups As A Service
With today’s announcement that MySQL is available as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering through Azure, a lot more...
2017-05-10
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General Notes on Security in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
I’m still learning about Azure SQL Data Warehouse (ADW, cause I’m lazy). ADW is a deceptively deep topic. Initially you...
2017-05-22 (first published: 2017-05-08)
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Redgate Alexa Contest Winners!
A couple of weeks ago we had a small contest here to pick a skill for Alexa. The entries were...
2017-05-05
481 reads
Food On Your Table
I was asked, “Who here thinks that PASS helps people put food on the table?” To my shame, I initially...
2017-04-25
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Query Hash Values, Plan Guides and the Query Store
I was eating dinner with Hugo Kornelis and we started talking about query hash values. You know, like everyone does...
2017-05-08 (first published: 2017-04-24)
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The Age of Data and Software Development
I am so excited to be a data professional in the modern era. Yeah, 15-20 years ago, it was cool...
2017-04-17
402 reads
Alerts From Azure Automation
In a previous post, I showed how to set up statistics maintenance for your Azure databases using Azure Automation. However,...
2017-04-04
624 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
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Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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