Legacy Limits
Sometimes the hardware or software we use prevents upgrades, which isn't necessarily good for any of us.
2017-01-20
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Editorial
The (Former) Complexity of PowerShell
Steve Jones notes that PowerShell seems to becoming an easier to use language for SQL Server professionals.
2022-03-09 (first published: 2017-01-19)
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2017-01-18
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Delaying Patches is Problematic
Many of our security issues come down to not patching software when there are updates available.
2017-01-17
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Writing the Correct Query is Important
Making simple mistakes in queries can have far reaching consequences.
2017-01-16
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The Development Lab
This week Steve Jones looks at hardware and the ways in which you might assemble a set of computers for building software.
2017-01-16
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Securing Your Instances
This week Steve Jones looks at moving the port numbers of your instances for a bit of security.
2022-11-25 (first published: 2017-01-13)
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Backup Data Security
We need better security for our data, especially for our choices in managing data.
2017-01-12
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2017-01-11
188 reads
SQL Server is Getting More Popular
Today, Steve Jones looks at the popularity of SQL Server, which was named DBMS of 2017.
2017-01-10
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Blogs
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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