The parts of an object’s name
Any object within a database in SQL Server has what is called a four part name. Which rather implies four...
2017-03-20
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Webinar with Pure Storage Mar23 2pm Eastern
On Thursday, March 23rd, at 2pm Eastern, I will be hosting a webinar with Argenis Fernandez from Pure Storage where...
2017-03-20
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Backup and Restore Strategies in SQL Server : A Brief Introduction
Establishment of a successful business requires the proper maintenance of the data. SQL Server is one the popular platform for the same. In SQL Server, a proper strategy has...
2017-03-20
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Backup and Restore Strategies in SQL Server : A Brief Introduction
Establishment of a successful business requires the proper maintenance of the data. SQL Server is one the popular platform for...
2017-03-20
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SQL 2016 – Clone Database with Query Store
This is a quickie post to introduce the new DBCC command CLONEDATABASE.
Okay so this isn’t technically a SQL Server 2016...
2017-03-31 (first published: 2017-03-20)
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Why Before How
I’ve spent a lot of time browsing and participating in online technical forums. In my early years in the industry...
2017-03-28 (first published: 2017-03-20)
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Basics of Probability
In this post am going to introduce into some of the basic principles of probability – and use it in other posts...
2017-03-30 (first published: 2017-03-20)
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Testing Your SQL Server Backups the Easy Way with PowerShell & dbatools
In a previous post I wrote about how easy it was to restore a whole SQL Servers user databases from...
2017-03-20
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TDE: Looking inside your database and backups
TDE (Transparent Data Encryption) encrypts the data files at rest but don’t forget that it also encrypts your backup file...
2017-03-20
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Restoring an entire SQL Server user databases with PowerShell using dbatools
All the good DBAs backup their databases.
A significant amount of SQL DBAs use Ola Hallengrens maintenance solution to do so.
This...
2017-03-29 (first published: 2017-03-18)
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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