My first computer was a HeathKit Computer Learning Center. It had a CPU, hex keypad, a few 7 segment LEDs, some other chips and a breadboard. It was fun to...

I'd be concerned about generating a random color that was too close to the background color and difficult to read. What if you picked, say, 20-30 colors ahead of time...

Before my company was bought out, I had something of a training budget but even then it wasn't enough to cover going to PASS in person between the cost of...

None of the answers are correct.

Every time I read you posting about amateur radio makes me nostalgic and miss the days...

Since there are a whole lot of...

You can do something like this with dbatools.

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A little bit of PowerShell and you can script out all you're looking for.

Microsoft: "Don't write code that requires sa"

Also Microsoft: "To do the following in Dynamics you'll need sa"

Jeff,

Thank you for a truly great presentation that shatters a lot of long held beliefs. Certainly one's I've held and I'm sure many others.

-Tom

Grant - Best of luck on the move. I hope it goes as smooth as possible.

I'm with you on documenting as much as possible. You'll never get everything but it's...

SQL Monitor is helpful for noting when a new CU is released. We will patch our dev/qa servers and keep a close eye on them for a couple weeks and...

On the self-driving car thing, it weould be much easier if all cars were self-driving. Take the human idiot factor out of it and it instantly becomes simpler, especially...

If the SQL Server Engine service is restarted, it will check and refuse to start if it is more than 180 days.

Jeff, I am so looking forward to this!

I think I fall somewhere between Glenn Berry and Jeff Moden. On the one hand, I kinda miss the simplicity of the Plymouth Valiant I had as a kid. It...