2019-12-12 (first published: 2016-11-14)
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Editorials
Product Platform Teams
Today Steve notes that DevOps isn't going to eliminate Ops, even if developers support their own applications.
2019-12-10
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Data for Defense
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center actively works to track the world's hackers and help warn us when we become the object of their attacks.
2019-12-09
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Using All Your Tools
Steve looks at a number of tools that you should spend time learning and building a level of comfort that enables you to use them in your daily work.
2019-12-07
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What's a forgivable mistake?
Today Steve wonders if your company is understanding of your human frailty.
2019-12-06
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Expect the Unexpected with DiRT
Disaster recovery is no joke at Google, where they really test their systems, people, and processes.
2019-12-05
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Proactive Performance Tuning
Being proactive in trying to improve your system is good, but sometimes your team might cause you problems with their efforts.
2019-12-04
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HSA for Training
Is there a good way to ensure employees get trained? Steve has a few thoughts today on an idea that could help.
2019-12-03
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2019-12-02
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How SQL Server Can Just Go Faster
It’s rare to get a call from a customer telling you that the application is fast today and thanks for taking such good care of the database. Instead, you are more likely to hear complaints when things go wrong like slow running queries and timeouts. There is a lot to consider when trying to figure […]
2019-11-30
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Blogs
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO
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Google – NotebookLM on ThakurVinay blog
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Forums
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No More Deadlocks
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Question of the Day
No More Deadlocks
After detecting deadlocks in SQL Server 2025 and lowering the time threshold for detecting future issues, when does the Database Engine return to the 5s default interval?
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