Microsoft Azure Automation
Microsoft just announced a new mechanism for managing your Azure resources, Automation. You can check out the documentation on it...
2014-04-24 (first published: 2014-04-16)
1,781 reads
The Scary DBA
SQL Server First Aid
If you take basic first aid, say a CPR course, you’ll learn a handy mnemonic for the primary assessment you...
2014-04-15
1,116 reads
Sharing a Good Idea
I posted earlier about my experiments with Microsoft Curah!. (yes, technically the period should follow the exclamation since the exclamation...
2014-04-14
581 reads
I’m a Traveling Man
We are coming into quite a busy time for my speaking schedule. I’m hitting the road. It does one thing...
2014-04-10
790 reads
Curation and Performance
I’m trying out a new web site from Microsoft called Curah! that is all about curation. Curation is basically what...
2014-04-08
804 reads
Speaker of the Month, April 2014
I’m really enjoying picking a speaker of the month. It forces me to sit through a lot more sessions at...
2014-04-11 (first published: 2014-04-04)
1,203 reads
Thanks For Stopping By
Yesterday I passed 300,000 views on the blog. Recently I went over 1,000 comments. My little joke on Tuesday garnered...
2014-04-03
646 reads
SQL Server 2014 New Defaults
Today, April 1st, 2014, marks the release of SQL Server 2014. There are tons and tons of great new methods...
2014-04-01
975 reads
Save Money On Your Training Server
You can spend less money. Some of us are lucky. We work for very large corporations who can easily set...
2014-03-31 (first published: 2014-03-25)
2,197 reads
PASS DBA Virtual Chapter Talk
I almost forgot to tell you about the Database Administration Virtual Chapter meeting next week, March 26th, 2014. I’ll be...
2014-03-21
639 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...
Forums
how to write this query?
Hi everyone I asked this earlier but the desired outcome is a bit different...
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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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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