2019-12-18
265 reads
Editorials
Better Protection from Hardware
Today Steve looks at a research project from Microsoft that provides some better protection from firmware security issues.
2019-12-17
166 reads
The harsh reality of charitable IT work
At work in IT, we can wander around looking important with no apparent useful skills whatsoever. When working outside the bubble of the industry, things are different.
2019-12-14
287 reads
A New Recovery Tool for Your Toolbelt
Learning a new skill is always helpful, especially for backup and restore. Steve Jones talks about an idea from the SQLCAT team.
2019-12-13 (first published: 2016-11-15)
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2019-12-12 (first published: 2016-11-14)
479 reads
Product Platform Teams
Today Steve notes that DevOps isn't going to eliminate Ops, even if developers support their own applications.
2019-12-10
127 reads
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
169 reads
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
323 reads
What's a forgivable mistake?
Today Steve wonders if your company is understanding of your human frailty.
2019-12-06
283 reads
Expect the Unexpected with DiRT
Disaster recovery is no joke at Google, where they really test their systems, people, and processes.
2019-12-05
229 reads
Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
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