Data Compression Double Take
A lot has been written about the potential performance benefits of SQL Server data compression; but hard performance data? Not so much.
Use the 4th Dimension
Today Steve Jones talks about the conflicting demands of home and work and how you can reconcile the requirements of both.
Potential Security Exploit Using CONTROL SERVER Permissions in SQL Server
In this tip we cover what CONTROL SERVER is, how to detect its use and a possible way to exploit this permission.
Insert, Update, and Delete Indexes: Stairway to SQL Server Indexes Level 13
What happens to your indexes during normal database activity?
The Cloud is good for your career
Is the cloud good for your career? Steve Jones thinks so, and gives you a few reasons you might want to learn more about it.
New User-defined Server Roles in SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2012 brings new security enhancements, one of which is to create user defined server roles, which simplifies instance wide administration and helps to increase the security of the instance by letting you define different groups with different sets of permissions as per their role and responsibilities.
Configuring Service Account Privileges for SQL Server
How to grant Windows privileges to the SQL Server's service account.
Taking a Sabbatical
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren as Steve is on vacation. Today Andy discusses sabbaticals, and a change in his life.
Automated Script-generation with Powershell and SMO
Phil Factor demonstrates how to generate T-SQL scripts for databases, selected database objects, or table contents from PowerShell and SMO.
Blogs
VPN + SQL Server Connections: Why Long-Working Setups Suddenly Fail with Msg 10054 and “Connection Broken”
By Tim Radney
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been contacted by multiple customers experiencing the same...
Future IT Roles – Agentic Architect and AI Boom!!
By Vinay Thakur
These days everything is changing to AI World, IT roles are getting changed and...
Free Webinar about Columnstore Indexes
I’m doing a small series on indexing basics for SQL Server, and on May...
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SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
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