Version control is important.  Not using it is unprofessional.

GIT is everywhere.  It is a good version control system for people working on open source projects or where multiple companies...

Thanks for the article.  It was very informative and you demo'ed the tool that we actually use at work (sourcetree).

There are some things that I think are not clear...

I've seen this throughout my career. Agile doesn't work. Scrum isn't helping. Lean can't solve our issue, etc.

Rather than debate what went wrong, someone talks about the problem with the...

What's the datatype of the column? Is it a straight datetime/datetime2? Or something like datetimeoffset?

An instance (not server, that word gets really confusing quickly) can be used as a distributor for multiple published. However, each publisher needs a separate distributor database. I haven't tried...

Yes, higher numbers are better. FWIW, I'd avoid low/normal/high and choose some numbers. I would set a general rule of stuff that is easily killed, put at -5, assume most...

Thank you Steve, for this tutorial! I've known how to create the global settings for user and email, but never knew how to check what they are. I've tried...

Thanks Steve.

How would you sync the changes with a SQL instance? E.g. imagine you have a DEV environment and would like to have a single master version of procedures...

It's not always a wreck. Credit card fraud detection is an example that has gotten, very, very good. Not always, not everywhere, and not 100%, but this is a place...

Cheers

No idea. I can ask the question, but why would you change this? Domain accounts are used often when you need to control security and access outside of the host....

You did a great job explaining things.

I thought VDI was the interface by which backups are made? VSS is what pauses transactions so you can get a consistent view.

I have no idea on the accounts. Can...

It is. I'd forgotten about this and saw a note. Wrote the question right away.

I had a much nicer licensing audit that a lot of people I imagine.  I was terrified of being audited as I was SURE we were out of compliance...