I'm crossing my fingers that my employer approves my request for funding to go to Summit this year.  My supervisor feels it's almost certain, but...

As a side note for folks...

A couple years back there was an article about being able to keep an "autonomous" vehicle from moving, by simply making a large circle around it on the ground with...

So I can't answer for sure, but I've looked at enabling AD authentication from Azure and it, at least with what I have available, seems to be a bit "finicky." ...

My dad found out that sometimes the best folks for a job are not in the job they would excel the most at, and it takes good management to...

I'd say the first thing to make sure of, is that you've got a solid bail-out plan in place, regardless of the order you upgrade.  What happens if the OS...

Here's all the recordings from the 2021 virtual event. That'll give you some idea. Otherwise, I'd suggest using the Wayback Machine and seeing if that shows last...

I've had some changes, on both sides of the ledger over the last 3 years.  I wouldn't say things are back to "normal," at least if you define normal as...

So catching up and getting back into the forums here...

Saw the talk about the SQL conferences and this may be the first year I go to PASS Summit!  When my...

I'd give the "SCHEMA_OBJECT_CHANGE_GROUP" a try in your audit, that might do what you need.  I'm not where I have access to a test instance I could verify this on,...

That makes it sound like the data isn't being "deleted" in the database, then.  While the files wouldn't shrink, the space IN the DB would be marked as "free" space...

I know this is a "why the heck didn't you have that stuff scripted out before, anyways" sort of situation, and you'd be right...

Just discovered today, working with a customer...

Having just gone through a "lift-and-shift" migration to Azure VMs with several SQL installs that use SSIS and an application that uses SSRS, I can conclusively say that, yes, if...

Glad to help!

Couple questions about this:

1. Is the VPN a "soft" VPN that uses a software client to make the connection, or a "site-to-site" VPN established through your router / firewall /...

So that rules out the easy stuff.

If you explicitly put the name of one of your audit files in, rather than the wild card *.sqlaudit, does it work?  If not,...