Helping Database Administrators
Let’s be honest. Database administration is not all that tough. Set up your backups. Test them. Get consistency checks on...
2013-06-07 (first published: 2013-06-04)
1,769 reads
The Scary DBA
Using PowerShell to move files to Azure Storage
I was searching all over the place to try to find out how to move files into Azure Storage. Most...
2013-06-03
2,383 reads
Microsoft Teched 2013 Keynote
Welcome to Teched 2013
We’re starting off with some type of James Bond video. Chase scene with a really cool car....
2013-06-03
876 reads
Painting the US Red
We are bringing Red Gate, through the free SQL in the City event, to the United States again this year.
This...
2013-05-29
818 reads
SMO vs Invoke-Sqlcmd in Azure
I’m working on a series of Powershell scripts for the pre-conference seminars on Windows Azure SQL Database that I’m going to be...
2013-05-28
1,083 reads
A Little Azure Fun on Friday
You know how we’ve always heard that sp_msforeachtable and other similar undocumented functions may not be supported in future versions...
2013-05-24
731 reads
PASS Summit 2013 is Looking Cloudy
No, this isn’t some complaint about PASS or the Summit. This is an announcement that not only will I be...
2013-05-22
657 reads
Microsoft Lync Through the Web
Get an invite to a Microsoft meeting? Are they using the new Lync interface? And, you don’t have a paid...
2013-05-21
786 reads
Azure does Powershell too
Or, I guess it might be more appropriate to say that Powershell does Azure. Regardless, there are a set of...
2013-05-23 (first published: 2013-05-20)
1,942 reads
Book Review: Business in the Trenches
I’m trying to improve.
That’s at just about everything too. I know I don’t know enough or have enough skills to...
2013-05-09
737 reads
Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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