I see some SSIS people moving to ADF, but mostly just running SSIS from the connector.

Some non MSSQL people seem to like dbt, but that looks like a wild, crazy...

I think this is an Azure size. What do you want to change? Cores or RAM?

I would lean towards DesNorton's solution as I dislike triggers and I think they get hidden/lost from future devs/DBAs.

The sizes are here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/ddv4-series?tabs=sizebasic

You have a 64 core, 256GB ram machine, correct? What do you want to grow? Cores? RAM? CPU generation? This page might give you some...

How does the dev "pull" the db? I might add the check there, not as part of replication, but as something that doesn't trigger anythin in SQL Server if their...

I'm not quite where Rick is, but I feel a lot of those things. I'm definitely old.

At the same time, I know that paying it back, helping others, and recognizing...

Lots of places don't use them. It's slightly crazy to me that people see this as hard.

Is this before the initial snapshot?

I'm not aware of anything that allows this.

What types of checks are you thinking here? Is this some automated way to add new subscribers?

This is a reason I've often put placeholders on drives (https://voiceofthedba.com/2014/12/01/creating-placeholder-files/) especially on servers. When I run low and we have a space argument or slow approval, I can...

Everything can be the devil, but most of the homegrown ways of managing infrastructure are worse, IMHO

I think that's a great use. Ultimately the deliverable is some feature in the IAC stuff.

Domains in reference /lookup tables are a staple, or should be. It's one of the major hassles I see in NoSQ/document stores.

How many travel agents do you think there are in this age of Expedia/Hotels.com/Priceline, etc.?

Take a guess? More or less than 2010?

It's more. While there have been ups and downs,...

I have no idea. I haven't looked at it. My impression is it's the same story, different format

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