Deprecated Features

Monitor SQL Server Error Logs with PowerShell

Receive email notifications of non-standard entries in your SQL Server Error Log files with a little PowerShell.

Accelerated Data Recovery Editions

Anyone Can Click Through Once

Using some sort of scripting or automation is important for your career.

Basic Availability Groups

The PVS

Reassess Your Configuration

It's a good idea for anyone managing systems to periodically check them and see if anything needs to change.

A Need for Monitoring without Administration

A recent hack through a network monitoring system is scary, but Steve thinks that we ought to not require these systems to have privileged access.

Reset Query Plan Stats

Scheduling SQL Scripts Using Jenkins

Learn how a Jenkins server can be used to schedule SQL scripts to execute against SQL Server.