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
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Trunk based development is what many of us do with shared database servers.
2019-03-29
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There is a need to ensure we decide what ethics a computer system ought to have.
2020-02-10 (first published: 2019-03-27)
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Today, Steve wonders when we'll stop installing SQL Server on a host machine.
2019-03-26
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Steve has a few thoughts on what is worse than telling your boss about a data breach.
2019-03-25
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If you have been working with SQL Server long enough, you have probably been involved with a SQL Server 2000 to 2005 upgrade. It was painful for many shops due to the deprecation of some features like DTS and the removal of old-fashioned comma joins with the plus operator. It was worth the pain as […]
2019-03-25
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2019-03-22
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A new version of an existing application doesn't always provide an upgrade.
2019-03-18
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A minor disaster in Colorado reminds Steve about the need to prepare, and think about the failure points in our preparations.
2019-03-18
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2019-03-15
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In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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