Backups – They Are Needed, Who Knew?
Backups are essential for a successful business model. That statement may or may spark some topics for debate, but at...
2015-04-06 (first published: 2015-03-30)
7,137 reads
The SQL Professor
Impact Series – Part 2
It’s that time again to add another impact player to the roster; this time for the month of February.
This month...
2015-02-27
947 reads
Impact Series – Part 2
It’s that time again to add another impact player to the roster; this time for the month of February.
This month...
2015-02-27
742 reads
Q and A With SQL MVP Chris Shaw
This has been a long time in the making, back in 2011 I attended a session at PASS Summit by...
2015-02-17
953 reads
TSQL Tuesday #63 – Security
This months T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by none other than Kenneth Fisher (B|T). His topic for this month revolves around...
2015-02-12
566 reads
Friends Of Red Gate 2015
I’m excited that I’ve been asked to be back involved for another year in the Friends of Red Gate program. This...
2015-01-27
516 reads
Impact Player Series – Part 1
I wanted to start this series in regards to impact players that go above and beyond in the SQL Community....
2015-01-26
573 reads
A Healthy SQL Server
T-SQL Tuesday has come and gone and I missed the boat due to some ongoing work constraints. With that said...
2015-01-19
552 reads
Impact Players – SQL Style
Awhile back I did a post on my Fab Five – was one of my favorite ones I’ve done to date...
2015-01-12
423 reads
Reports In SSISDB
I was approached with an in shop issue where a group could not view the execution reports in the SSISDB....
2015-01-09 (first published: 2015-01-07)
10,718 reads
Blogs
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...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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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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