I know that this is off topic, but I'm wondering how businesses like the state department I work for, will handle things like pensions and so on, with the...

So pre-COVID I had one day a week of work-from-home, and it was fine.  Granted the commute some days into work could be trying (not length, or even slow traffic,...

I stand corrected, I'll be honest, I forgot to look at what SQL version section this was in (I'm still mostly on SQL2014, so compression of TDE is still a...

So my off-the-cuff thought is, the answer to both is the TDE.  Once you enable TDE, your backups (full, log, and differentials) are encrypted / backing up encrypted data.  Encrypted...

We've been using Teams for a lot of communication, but sometimes it's nice to get up and walk over to someones' desk, or turn the chair to chat...

We've been using Teams for a lot of communication, but sometimes it's nice to get up and walk over to someones' desk, or turn the chair to chat with them.

One...

Found out the other week, we're likely to be working from home to the end of June 2021...

So I splurged and bought myself a new, more adjustable desk chair than...

Yes, because the backup is only the actual data in the database, as well as enough info to re-create the database files.  So you could have a 1TB size-on-disk but...

For me, one of the annoyances (easily fixed, but nonetheless) is the distinct lack of noise working from home.  I've found I need some sort of "white noise" in the background,...

You know I've been gone a while when Jeff replies to a question I posted with a Google search!

🙂

DISA MilCloud...

Frankly, I'd rather have gone to "Joe's stack-o-cheap servers," it'd probably have been a lot easier / smoother...

Not a problem Jeff, it's been a LONG time since I last posted (migration to our "cloud" provider is KILLING me!)

But yeah, I had high hopes for the SQLSkills result...

Thanks Jeff, but unfortunately those are the same results I get when I Google it.  I'll grant it might be a red herring I'm chasing with it, it's just the...

And now, how to put the brakes on a migration project...

Break your wrist on a bicycle ride so you only have one hand to type with and no...

And now, how to put the brakes on a migration project...

Break your wrist on a bicycle ride so you only have one hand to type with and no...