Denali — Day 11: SSMS enhancement
Denali — Day 11: SSMS enhancement
SSMS is a separate tool now, and it has enhanced features on it. This helps developer/DBA...
2012-05-11
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Vinay Thakur
Denali — Day 10: Sequence object
Denali – Day 10: Sequence object
Sequence is an object introduced in Denali, this is similar to ORACLE sequence, earlier sql server...
2012-05-10
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Denali — Day 9: Additional Scalability Features
Denali – Day 9: Additional Scalability Features
15,000 Partitions earlier it was 1000For the enterprise system having huge amount of data to...
2012-05-09
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Denali — Day 8: Startup Parameter
Denali – Day 8: Startup Parameter
Startup Parameters means you are providing the parameter to sql server at the start of sql...
2012-05-08
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Denali — Day 7: Contained Database
Denali – Day 7 : Contained Database
Contained database is another new feature for sql server 2012 – Denali, earlier version has a big...
2012-05-07
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Denali — Day 6: indirect Checkpoint
Denali – Day 6: indirect Checkpoint
I have already blog some information about checkpoint here
As I have already blog about Checkpoint and...
2012-05-06
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Denali — Day 5: Column-store indexes (aka Project Apollo)
Denali – Day 5: Column-store indexes (aka Project Apollo)
There is another great achievement for Denali, especially for Data warehouse, where data...
2012-05-05
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Denali – Day 4: Editions & Licensing
Denali – Day 4: Editions & Licensing
Editions:
Here is a brief edition summary of Editions available for all sql server from 2005 to...
2012-05-04
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Denali – Day 3: Hardware & Software requirements and Installation, Upgrade / Migration
Denali – Day 3: Hardware & Software requirements and Installation, Upgrade / Migration
I know this should be first or second blog post when...
2012-05-03
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Denali – Day 2: AlwaysON High Availability (aka Project HADRON)
Denali – Day 2: AlwaysON High Availability (aka Project HADRON )
AlwaysON Availability Group:
is another very important achievement done by development team project...
2012-05-02
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Blogs
Asking for Help Isn’t a Weakness
By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
The Proof of the Backup Is in the Pudding
For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable,...
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
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Question of the Day
The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:
CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567' GO ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo GOI then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox go SELECT CURRENT_USERWhat is returned? See possible answers