Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is now private preview
Today is the day that Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is available for the world to explore. Private preview means...
2018-03-06
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Tim Radney - Database Professional
Microsoft to Decommission Connect on 12/31/2017
Microsoft will be decommissioning the Connect platform on 12/31/2017 due to privacy concerns and will be replacing it with a...
2017-12-11
443 reads
New Course: Implementing a Hybrid Cloud Solution in Azure
My latest Pluralsight course – SQL Server: Implementing a Hybrid Cloud Solution in Azure – is well over two hours and long and is based...
2017-12-11
590 reads
New Course: Understanding and Using Azure SQL Database
At SQLskills, we just launched our new training class on Azure that I will be teaching in Chicago, and my...
2017-04-27
885 reads
SQL Saturdays and Why We Have Them
There has been some recent controversy over SQL Saturdays after PASS HQ announced some new changes. The changes introduced a...
2016-08-19 (first published: 2016-08-18)
1,872 reads
SQL Server: Consolidation Tactics and Best Practices
My very first course has been published on Pluralsight – SQL Server: Consolidation Tactics and Best Practices. In this course I...
2016-07-21
1,506 reads
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Today I received an email notifying me that I have been awarded the Microsoft “MVP” award for my second year....
2015-07-01
1,236 reads
I am joining SQLskills
I am no longer just a SQLskills Insider, I am now a SQLskills employee. I have accepted an offer to...
2014-12-19
1,308 reads
Getting Your Worth the Struggles with Moving Ahead
I often get asked for advice on how to get started in a career as a DBA or in IT...
2014-12-19 (first published: 2014-12-10)
6,995 reads
#Summit14 Embarcadero Book Signing
The blessings continue as Embarcadero offered to support my new book by hosting a book signing and providing 100 copies...
2014-11-04
1,057 reads
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Identities and Sequences III
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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