Apple makes some fantastic hardware, but it's a fraction of global sales. While I don't see high end workstations listed in many surveys, Apple doesn't appear in the top 5...

You are notified when you are considered and asked to provide info on your community work.

When you are awarded or reawarded, itnis through email.

Usually MS sends a courtesy email when...

Yes

This was something that caught my eye as well. I think there are some other items out there in Azure that are worth learning about, or being aware of how...

You should be able to do this with AAD logins.

That's strange. How did you create this (code?). I have a TDE database that I set to read only. I then ran this:

CREATE DATABASE tdesnapshot 
 ON...

Two things to keep in mind for SQL Server.

1. It uses all the memory it can. Less in a 32bit space, but you ought to ensure that nothing else on...

SPs are service packs.

Government often moves slower, though sometimes faster. Strange, but sometimes they are really cutting edge in some groups.

Your group might be different, but I'm speaking from general...

Are you only checking for a single column changing? You can audit/use Extended Events for this, but if you want to capture the time, a trigger will do this. You'll...

What's the problem? Does Copy-DbaAgentJob error out on your list?

There are patterns to deal with this, and if you have some flexibility, you can implement them. Since you need to deal with changes and updates, this can be complex.

Do...

I agree with Jeff. Just ignore your age and answer questions they ask.

That is strange. If the blocks are all moved, that should mean your master db is moved, and with it the certificate needed for the encryption/decryption.

Off the top of my...

Roger,

Certainly MS has incentive to try and rent software, but they also want to be able to evolve the platform and maintain better support. Knowing a lot of people up...

Rick,

Love Colorado mountains. We are lucky in that we could get a place near Keystone that we rent out, but get to enjoy a bit. Might move up there full...