ASF 020 video invitation
New podcast’s episode is coming (next Friday) and in the meantime, take a look you can watch that episode’s trailer....
2019-03-23
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2019-03-23
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Thinking about Setup and Installation
I’m working the first section of a basic administration course, and the first part of this is installing SQL Server...
2019-03-22
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Toolbox - Exporting SSMS Results to Excel
I was working on another post when I found myself needing to dump out query results to a grid format...
2019-03-22
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SQL Server Data Pages on Linux
One of the new phrases coming out of Microsoft is that “SQL is just SQL” regardless of what operating system...
2019-03-22
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Webinar: Change Detection in SQL Server
Change detection is a critical component of any system that moves data from one structure to another. Most data movement mechanisms are designed to move a subset of the...
2019-03-22
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Webinar: Change Detection in SQL Server
Change detection is a critical component of any system that moves data from one structure to another. Most data movement...
2019-03-22
401 reads
Using docker named volumes to persist databases in SQL Server
I’ve previously talked about using named volumes to persist SQL Server databases but in that post I only used one...
2019-03-21
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Power BI Now Has Keyboard Accessible Visual Interactions
The March 2019 release of Power BI Desktop has brought us keyboard accessible visual interactions. One of Power BI’s natural...
2019-04-10 (first published: 2019-03-21)
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Microsoft Azure – How to create the Azure Active Directory (AD) using Azure Portal
Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AD) is a cloud based service to handle the identity and access management. It has the...
2019-03-21
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Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
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