Close Encounters of the CEIP Kind
Microsoft's Customer Experience Improvement Program for SQL Server: once easy to avoid, now hard to ignore, but Rodney Landrum sees an upside.
2017-02-06
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Editorials
Your Favorite Feature that Needs Work
This week Steve Jones asks what parts of SQL Server would you improve and why.
2017-02-03
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The Great and Powerful Internet of Things
A look at the good, and bad, of the IoT world along with the potential future.
2017-02-02
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A Wide Variation in Skill
We all have different levels of skills, and it's not always because we don't try. Sometimes it's a question of timing.
2017-01-31
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2017-01-30
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The New SQL Server 2016 Edition Limits
There are some changes to memory limits in SQL Server 2016 SP1 Standard Edition.
2017-01-26
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The War Room
When things go wrong, how do you handle them? Steve Jones comments on crisis management using a great example from Amazon.
2017-01-25
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Something I learned while unemployed
Being unemployed is difficult. Here's something I learned to help me through it.
2017-01-24
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2017-01-23
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2017-01-23
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Blogs
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO
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SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO The purpose...
5 SQL Tricks Worth Remembering Before You Close the Laptop
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Claude Context Window
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Forums
Fuzzy String Matching in SQL Server 2025
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Representing Money
Which types of currency does the money data type represent?
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