I ought to get a shredder. We don't put trash out (a truck collects our dumpster), but I suppose that's still a potential issue.

Group Policy is good, but timing is...

Congrats, Alabama (again)

Certainly a complex situation. I see plenty of things in SQL Server  I might argue are bugs, but MS feels these are designs.

It is easy to blame people for bugs,...

I mostly agree. I also think that not meeting all goals can't be seen as a failure. It takes time to adjust to aiming for goals, and perhaps falling short...

Certainly no apology needed. I think the discussion and debate is healthy. I might question if it belongs in another thread, but it's not that much of an issue.

I tend...

For those of you that knew him, Gareth Swanepoel passed away on Friday - https://twitter.com/SQLBalls/status/1347722916700557319

He was a passionate member of the SQL community and a fellow speaker I've known...

First, I welcome the discussion in a respectful manner. I know we will all disagree about different things, but please be respectful as if we were friends in the same...

cheers

It's a crazy Azure restriction that we've complained to them about.

-n doesn't matter. This has nothing to do with data types. The return types are the same from a query, but the data is masked prior to being returned to...

https://documentation.red-gate.com/sm/adding-and-managing-monitored-servers/preparing-for-adding-monitored-servers/permissions-required-for-monitoring-servers

You never know what metric you need until you need it. I think there is good reason to capture a lot of them, but also archive/delete them over time.

I agree,...

Ooohhh, I like that.

You might start here: https://www.sqlservercentral.com/stairways/stairway-to-alwayson

You also will want to set some goals. What is the reason you want 3 instances in some HA config? What constraints or requirements are...

Happy New Year, hopefully everyone is starting the year out on a good note.