Goal Progress–Jan 2021
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2021. As I look at goal progress for 2021, I’m going...
2021-01-29
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Daily Coping 28 Jan 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...
2021-01-28
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3 new PowerShell functions for refreshing Power BI reports on a Power BI Report Server
I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that a new version of the ReportingServicesTools module went out last week, and it includes 3 new PowerShell functions for working...
2021-01-28
28 reads
3 new PowerShell functions for refreshing Power BI reports on a Power BI Report Server
I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that a new version of the ReportingServicesTools module went out last week, and it includes 3 new PowerShell functions for working...
2021-02-08 (first published: 2021-01-28)
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2020 Advent of Code–Day 1
This series looks at the Advent of Code challenges. I started the Advent of Code at the beginning of December 2020, but life quickly got in the way. Weekends...
2021-02-08 (first published: 2021-01-27)
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Server Review Essentials for Accidental and Junior DBAs—Setting Up (Part 2)
Welcome back to my Server Review Essentials for Accidental and Junior DBAs series. Last week, we took a closer look at the first steps of getting your environment set...
2021-02-03 (first published: 2021-01-27)
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One Chart at A Time Video Series
Jon Schwabish over at PolicyViz has created great initiative called the One Chart at a Time Video Series. It’s an effort to expand readers’ graphic literacy through short videos...
2021-02-03 (first published: 2021-01-27)
558 reads
T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #009: Beach Time
(If you’d like to read my other T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective posts, click here.) In August 2010, Jason Brimhall (blog | Twitter) invited us to discuss preparing for vacations: “Write...
2021-01-27
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Daily Coping 27 Jan 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...
2021-01-27
14 reads
Identifying SQL Server Performance Problems Part 1
Every server, database, storage appliance and network encounter some sort of performance issues. It is a major part of our job as database administrators to properly monitor and fix...
2021-01-27
16 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
EightKB 2026: Registration is Open!
It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00...
TRY_PARSE Limitations: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I got a notification from a question I’d posted at SQL Server Central: Getting...
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A Limited Startup
I add this parameter to SQL Server 2025 in the Configuration Manager:
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