Managing Security
This Friday Steve Jones comments on the practice of using Active Directory to help manage your SQL Server and what the best practice should be.
2008-08-21
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Editorial - MP3
The Brainstorm Zone
There are times we all struggle finding solutions to the issues at work. Steve Jones talks about how to make that breakthrough in solving problems when you are stuck.
2008-08-20
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Reporting Data Loss
How quickly should you report a loss of data? It's an interesting question in these security conscious times and Steve Jones talks about
2008-08-19
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Epidemic Priority
As IT becomes more and more important to not only businesses but governments, what does that mean in the event of a disaster?
2008-08-18
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Telework Works
As a telecommuter Steve Jones has found it has increased his productivity, but he's not alone. Sun has examined their own telework program from the energy perspective.
2008-08-16
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Solid State Replacements - Database Weekly (August, 18, 2008)
New SSD (Solid State Device) hard drives are infiltrating enterprise servers more and more, but are they a good fit for database instances? Steve Jones comments a bit on some news from this past week.
2008-08-15
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The Training Value
Training is something that Steve Jones believes in for an successful IT career. However this Friday he asks how much should your employer help.
2008-08-14
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A Release from Data
What do you do when work is too frustrating. Steve Jones talks about finding a way to release stress and frustration.
2008-08-13
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Snooping
System administrators have a lot of power and temptation to use it. Steve Jones talks about the need to resist temptation and the need for oversight.
2008-08-12
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SQL Profanities
Do you avoid certain SQL functionality because you have been told you should NEVER use it?
2008-08-11
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Blogs
Programmatically Retrieving MLV Lineage and Refresh Times
Materialized lake views (MLVs) in Microsoft Fabric are an effective way to implement medallion...
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
Forums
Having Issue deploying a report to an on prem server from PowerBI desktop
Using PowerBI Version1.25.9508.3237(January 2026). Installed Microsoft Power BI Desktop (Optimized for Power BI Report...
SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
Hi all Can I get some perspective from the community please on performing in-place...
How Long is a Long I/O?
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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