Resetting an Azure SQL Database Admin Password
This is likely something that most people know, but it was a bit confusing for me. This post is really here to remind me and help cement this in...
2019-12-18 (first published: 2019-12-05)
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The Voice of the DBA
A Quick Look at Travel
I was experimenting with visualizations the other day, and started playing with SandDance, a tool from Microsoft that you can use in Power BI or Azure Data Studio. I’ll...
2019-12-24 (first published: 2019-12-02)
286 reads
Take the 2020 State of Database DevOps survey
It’s still 2019, but we’re looking forward to 2020 and wonder how your world has changed since our survey last year. There are a number of questions and this...
2019-12-13 (first published: 2019-12-02)
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How Serverless is Working in Azure SQL Database
When Azure SQL Database introduced the serverless option, I decided to try it. I moved one of my databases to the tier, though I had to move to a...
2019-12-10 (first published: 2019-11-27)
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Cleaning up the [NOT] NULL for Columns with SQL Prompt 10
SQL Prompt 10 is out and there are a few interesting things that have changed in the product. One of these is the Quick Fixes, inspired by some other...
2019-12-06 (first published: 2019-11-25)
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Data Masker Reads Column Classificiations
One of the newer features in Data Masker for SQL Server is the ability to read column classifications and suggest rules to clean the data. I decided to give...
2019-12-02 (first published: 2019-11-22)
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Setting Certificate Backup Permissions for an Instance–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. Recently I was testing some security change, and...
2019-11-20
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Getting Started with SQL Prompt 10
This week we released SQL Prompt 10, which is an exciting milestone for us. I remember when I discovered this little gem for Database Weekly and sent it over...
2019-11-15
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Batch Scripting SQLCMD–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I wouldn’t do this anymore, but I ran...
2019-11-22 (first published: 2019-11-13)
419 reads
New HA Licensing Benefits
Microsoft announced recently that they were changing the way licensing works for HA and DR situations. I think this is a great change, and the summary is: You can...
2019-11-11
31 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #190–Mastering a New Technical Skill
By Steve Jones
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this time Todd Kleinhans has a great...
Getting Started with the MSSQL AI Agent in VS Code
By Steve Jones
Recently I was working in VS Code and I saw a walkthrough for the...
Summer Speaking Summary 2025
By alevyinroc
In the blink of an eye, summer has passed. I don’t know about you,...
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Azure elastic query credential question
I am trying to check out elastic query between two test instances we have...
Change Tracking Data Retention Options
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Requiring Technical Debt Payments
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Question of the Day
Change Tracking Data Retention Options
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=4 xxx);What are the possible choices for xxx? See possible answers