#PowershellBasics: Finding a common AD group for a set of users.

A while back (almost 7 years ??) I wrote a post on finding the common AD groups of a set ... Continue reading

Getting Started with Power Virtual Agents

Power Virtual Agents empowers subject matter experts to build intelligent conversational bots, using a guided, no-code graphical interface. In this video you’ll get a quick

How SQL Server stores data types: DATETIMEOFFSET

If you’d like to check out the previous instalment in this series on storing dates and times, click here. I avoided mentioning this data type because I didn’t think...

Daily Coping 16 Jun 2021

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Server Review Essentials for Accidental and Junior DBAs—Prepping for Server Reviews

Welcome back to our series, Server Review Essentials for Accidental and Junior DBAs, where we’ve been taking an in-depth look at how to get ready to perform regular SQL...

WordPress.com Welcomes the Award-Winning Atavist Magazine to the Platform

The Atavist Magazine, known for its in-depth journalism and creative, elegant design, joins sister site Longreads, making WordPress.com a home for the web’s best longform storytelling.

A Weekly SQL Clone Image Creation Process

SQL Clone is a neat product from Redgate that I wish I’d have had when I was doing database software development. It lets me have a consistent image for...

Azure Function Drain mode

(2021-Jun-16) Recently, Google started to notify me that my blog website (http://datanrg.blogspot.com/) had been experiencing some ‘Server (5xx)’ errors. Nothing has been changed on my side, and I’m not sure how...

New blog post - Monitor deadlocks in Amazon RDS for SQL Server and set notifications using Amazon CloudWatch

Checkout my blog post on Monitor deadlocks in Amazon RDS for SQL Server and...

New blog post - Monitor deadlocks in Amazon RDS for SQL Server and set notifications using Amazon CloudWatch

Checkout my blog post on Monitor deadlocks in Amazon RDS for SQL Server and...