Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 41 – Image Viewer)
In this module you will learn how to use the Image Viewer Power BI Custom Visual. The Image Viewer visual...
2017-03-14 (first published: 2017-03-07)
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Copying your SQL Database
If you ever need to move a copy of a SQL database in Azure across servers then here is a...
2017-03-07
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New Article – Application Database Security Design (Part 1 – Authentication)
In conjunction with the webinar I gave last month for MSSQLTips, I’ve started an article series on application database security...
2017-03-17 (first published: 2017-03-06)
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How Row versioning impact tempDB ?
Scenario: DBA found that tempdDBdatabase usage is getting high and most of the size is consumed by row versioning. DBA...
2017-03-06
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VMware Updates In-Guest Clocks When You Say Not To
VMware’s VMTools package has some options for synchronizing the in-guest clock with the time of the ESXi host. By default,...
2017-03-16 (first published: 2017-03-06)
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Dots, Skills, and SQL Clone: A Contest from Redgate
Redgate just launched SQL Clone, a new product that can provision copies of databases in seconds. By copies, I mean...
2017-03-15 (first published: 2017-03-06)
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SQL Clone and a Little Competition
Redgate has released a new product, SQL Clone. I’ve already talked about how excited I am about it. Now, it’s...
2017-03-13 (first published: 2017-03-06)
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Using GROUP BY instead of DISTINCT
Recently, Aaron Bertrand (b/t) posted Performance Surprises and Assumptions : GROUP BY vs. DISTINCT. In it he says he prefers GROUP...
2017-03-06
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SQL Server Fixed Role Permissions
It is very important to understand who has what level of access within the server and databases on that server. Sometimes we see users being granted server or database...
2017-03-06
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SQL Server Fixed Role Permissions
Roles and Permissions
Some of my recent articles have been focused on permissions and security. There is good reason for that – security...
2017-03-15 (first published: 2017-03-06)
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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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