Understanding Your Database
Steve notes that many of us might not completely understand every part of our database, but it's information that can be helpful in cleaning out unnecessary entities.
2019-04-10
489 reads
Editorial
Code Building Code
Using code to help you write code is a time honored tradition in software development.
2019-04-09
330 reads
You're not really that good at SQL Server
Steve reminds some people that there are reasons to continue to improve your skills.
2019-04-08
1,505 reads
Azure Data Explorer
Azure Data Explorer is a platform from Microsoft that might be an interesting fit
2019-04-05
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2019-04-04
641 reads
I'm In Charge of Books Online
Today Steve has an announcement about his role in moving Books Online forward.
2019-04-01
514 reads
Containers Are The Present, Not the Future
Last week was the MVP Summit. This year included a bunch of very technical discussions about some of the future of the Microsoft Data Platform (a big thank you goes to Slava Oks, Bob Ward, and all the team for a great job). I can’t share much since it was all under NDA. All I […]
2019-03-30
437 reads
Trunk Based Database Development
Trunk based development is what many of us do with shared database servers.
2019-03-29
208 reads
Giving Computers Ethics
There is a need to ensure we decide what ethics a computer system ought to have.
2020-02-10 (first published: 2019-03-27)
188 reads
No More SQL Server Installs
Today, Steve wonders when we'll stop installing SQL Server on a host machine.
2019-03-26
430 reads
Blogs
Renewed as a Friend of Red Gate
By Brian Kelley
I recently received the news that I’ve been renewed as a Friend of Red...
Redgate Software Needs You!
I’ve been very blessed to be able to work for Redgate Software. We’ve done...
Extended Events: Database Auditing
Extended Events can do things that simply are not possible with Profiler and another...
Forums
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