Validating Password Expiration
Steve notes that password expiration is important for SQL Logins, but he knows this isn't always configured when logins are created, or checked later to see if it is still enabled.
2023-05-27
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Administration
Using Azure Data Studio to Deploy a SQL Server VM on Azure
This article looks at deploying SQL Server on an Azure VM from Azure Data Studio.
2023-05-24
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How to Find the SQL Server Instance Startup Time
Learn a number of methods to view or programmatically get the SQL Server instance startup time.
2023-05-12
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2023-05-05
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2023-05-03
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2023-04-12
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2023-04-05
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The Top SQL Server Engine Errors
The SQL Server Support team published the top errors they see in calls. Steve has a few comments on what they're doing to help customers.
2023-03-04
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The Struggles to Keep Up with Growing Systems
The growing complexity of environments can cause struggles for many IT professionals. However, we need to ensure we are not making things worse.
2023-03-03
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2023-02-20
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Blogs
Accept the no and move on
By Brian Kelley
Here is a short emotional intelligence (EI) post for today, courtesy of Seth Godin....
Don’t Fight with AI
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I was recently trying to handle a simple task with a few AI tools...
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Forums
Searching for my own posts
I have a really stupid question... Is there an easy way to search for...
How to Work with On-Premises AI Models to Generate T-SQL Code
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Escaping Strings
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Question of the Day
Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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