Failovers can’t serve two masters

As I’m sure you’re aware, the career path for a SQL Server DBA is a wonderful journey of growing your catalog of knowledge through unexpected lessons. For example: Did...

Last week reading (2018-12-02)

Hello folks, This is a quick roundup of Internet posts from last week. Have a good reading! Create and configure...

SQL Server Availability Group FailoverDetection Utility PowerShell Function Improvements – Named Instances, Archiving Data, Speed

In my last post I wrote about a new function for gathering the data and running the FailoverDetection utility by...

My Book Contributions

One of the really super cool things about the SQL community is the frequent opportunity one could have to get involved.

One of my favorite methods of getting involved is...

My Book Contributions

It’s a Wonderful Life
One of the really super cool things about the SQL community is the frequent opportunity one could...

Information Measurement with SQL Server Part 4.3: Euclidean Distance and the Minkowski Family

By Steve Bolton
…………“The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.”
…………In this famous remark, Archimedes[1] (287-212 B.C.) managed to...

Things I Learned at Summit v20 - Trace Flag 4199

Part of a series of posts on cool stuff I learned at PASS Summit v20 (2018) - in this first post...

SQL in the City December 2018

The last 2018 edition of SQL in the City Streamed is coming in a few weeks. You can register today...

Take the State of DevOps Survey

Kendra wrote a nice piece on this the other day, and I agree.
Take the Survey
The data that comes out...

Data Professionals at Work Book

Not only will you encounter some interesting stories, but I believe you will also encounter some interesting insight into some of the contributors for this book: Data Professionals at...