You pulled BUILTIN\Administrators, but are you auditing?
The conversation on local administrators having rights in SQL Server has proven to be interesting and at times entertaining. My...
2009-12-10
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Blogs
MDX Utility Belt of Calculations Part 3
This is part three in a series of blog posts that will help you build an arsenal of MDX calculations...
2009-12-09
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Electronic Health Records – What’s the Big Deal? (Part 3)
In the previous post in this series, I discussed the obstacles to implementing electronic health data systems. Because of these...
2009-12-08
1,264 reads
Fun With SQL Azure
Pinal Dave had a helpful post a few days ago about how to setup and configure SQL Azure. You will...
2009-12-08
1,844 reads
MDX Utility Belt of Calculations Part 2
This post is a part of a series of blog posts I am writing to give you a Batman-like Utility...
2009-12-07
1,703 reads
Please, Sir, I want some more… orphaned database users.
Permissions on our development servers are considerably less stringent than elsewhere with developers afforded the freedom to restore backup’s ad-hoc....
2009-12-04
2,270 reads
PASS Update #20
On the Friday at the end of the Summit we had a 4 hour Board meeting, welcoming new board members...
2009-12-03
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Linear Gauge Control: A Practical Use
SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 introduced several new features. One key feature was the inclusion of the Gauge Controls. I...
2009-12-02
5,427 reads
Fundamentals of Storage Systems – Capturing IO Patterns
We often take the advice given to us on forums or in articles at face value. Even though the authors...
2009-11-27
3,278 reads
Deploying Reports on Windows 7
Recently I tried to deploy a report to a Report Server on my laptop, which is running Windows 7 Ultimate....
2009-11-27
2,033 reads
Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No...
Beyond Pipelines: How Fabric Reinvents Data Movement for the Modern Enterprise
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have thought about data like plumbers think about water: you build...
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Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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