Maintenance Windows
Is it better to ask forgiveness than permission? Some people take that approach to maintenance windows, but that isn't permissible in the cloud.
2021-04-05
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Cloud Computing
Google Cloud Certification for Microsoft Database Engineer
Introduction I recently passed the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certification exam, Professional Data Engineer Certification. It took me about five month to prepare for this, and I would like to share my thoughts of why I decided to take it on and how I prepared for it. At the moment, Google cloud (GCP) is […]
2021-03-15
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2021-03-08
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2020-11-20
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2020-11-03
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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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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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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #137–Notebook Uses
By Steve Jones
It’s actually my month to host T-SQL Tuesday, and I came up with the...
Daily Coping 13 Apr 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Converting a SQL Server Docker image to a WSL2 Distribution
Windows Subsystem for Linux is probably my favourite feature of Windows 10. It gives...
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SQL server 2019 installation CU 10 where to upload and install on my server
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