The Next Evolution of Big Blue
IBM is breaking up and Steve thinks back about the evolution of the company and where they might go from here.
2020-10-27
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Cloud Computing
Beating the Cloud Vendors
Can you run a system better than cloud vendors? You should know and be able to prove it.
2020-07-13
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Why Billing Will Be Part of Our Job
I am old enough to remember when many large corporations implemented chargebacks. Essentially, each internal department was charged for their usage of IT systems, similar to how we are charged in the cloud. It was a mess, and individual departments had to answer for excessive charges. I don't know that any department ever lost service, […]
2020-06-18
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What is Azure SQL Database Serverless?
I remember when the first SQL databases were available on Azure. The size limits and missing features made them impractical for most uses at the time. Fast forward 10 years and you can you create a terabyte database and take advantage of configurations like Hyperscale, Elastic Pool, and Managed Instances. You get automatic high-availability and […]
2020-06-13
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2020-06-02
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2020-05-22
Understanding Azure Storage Options
The choices found when provisioning storage in Azure can be overwhelming. In this article, Monica Rathbun explains the options to help your organization research which storage might be right for your solution.
2019-12-06
2019-10-12
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2019-08-06
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2019-07-23
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Blogs
Using Write-Debug
By Steve Jones
I wrote a post about PoSh output recently, noting that in general we ought...
T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #002: A Puzzling Situation
For the second T-SQL Tuesday ever — again, hosted by Adam Machanic — we...
Daily Coping 28 Oct 2020
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Forums
product version result
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY ('ProductVersion') Output: 13.0.4001.0 What does each of those numbers mean.I need to...
Login to SQL Server cross domain AD Group user
Our MS SQL Server is on another trusted domain (Trusted Domain T). We created...
Process to failback after an AG failover using asynchronous mode
I'm testing the failover process in my AG that is using Asynchronous availability mode. ...
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