Automatically Scripting Out Permissions for Cross Environment Restores
This article from Warren Campbell shows a process to recreate permissions in development environments after restoring a database from a production instance.
Not having TDE in all editions is stupid
Transparent Data Encryption is only available in Enterprise Edition and above. Steve Jones thinks that's a mistake.
Bringing Alerts and Operators together with Notifications
FatherJack shows you how to check that your alerts and notifications are linked up so that when an Alert condition is met that you get the appropriate Notifications sent to Operators.
A Welcome Intruder
This Friday Steve Jones asked about penetration testing of your security. Have any of you ever tested your systems?
Announcing Red Gate SQL Test
SQL Test is a new unit testing plug-in which allows you to seamlessly write, run and manage tests within SQL Server Management Studio. Download the preview release now.
Working with the XML Data Type in SQL Server
The XML data type, introduced in SQL Server 2005, is a powerful construct. When used wisely, it can provide useful extensions to SQL Server. Robert Sheldon, in the first part of a series, describes how create and index a XML column in a table, and discusses when you should consider using an XML data type.
Fast Migrations
Virtualization is an important technology for anyone working with servers, and as vendors look to improve the performance of their hypervisors, this technology might be more important for data professionals to understand.
Mind mapping software - How it can help the DBA
Mind mapping software allows the rapid capture of thoughts and ideas. It is a killer app that can easily help a busy DBA capture their thoughts
Blogs
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
Creating a SQL Stored Procedure to Load a SCD2
By DataOnWheels
This is a blog that I am writing for future me and hopefully it’ll...
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Forums
Backup Availability Group
Please I am hoping for some feedback Specifications: Windows Server 2022 SQL Server 2022...
How Do the Experts Become Experts?
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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
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Question of the Day
Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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