Early October Free Training from PASS VCs
More Free Training is coming to a computer near you from the AppDev, BI, and DBA Virtual Chapters of PASS.
Restore from LiteSpeed
Learn how to restore a LiteSpeed backup on a server without the software in 2 Simple Steps.
Auditing with Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 - Part 3
Part 3 of the series on using MAP 5.0 looks at Software Usage Tracker audit mecanism, as well as migrating and uninstalling the MAP database.
Downtime
How does someone handle downtime in a small business? Steve Jones has some thoughts today based on a question sent in recently.
Index Black Ops Part 6 – Fill Factor vs. Page Splits
In my TSQL2sDay index summary post, that I’d be writing a few posts on the information that is contained in...
Working with the INSERT statement in SQL Server
The INSERT statement in SQL Server is versatile. It now allows the insertion of multiple rows of literal values. It also provides the output clause that solves a number of common problems such as ascertaining the value of identity fields, and other calculated fields in tables, or for auditing the rows that are added to tables. Robert, once again, gives a clear introduction.
Differences
Today Steve Jones wraps up this week of editorial topics looking at women's issues with his own views on men and women in the workplace.
Event Notifications in SQL Server for Tracking Changes
As a DBA, we often need a way to track what events are occurring (changes that are being made) on SQL Server or at the database level. So what is a way to track these changes without much impact on SQL Server performance?
SQL Saturday #53 – Kansas City Wrap Up
Another weekend, another new city, another SQL Saturday. This was my first trip to Kansas City, and it was a...
Blogs
The 2026 Redgate Summit in New York City
By Steve Jones
We’re coming back to New York, which is exciting for me. I love NYC....
Monitoring Fabric Mirroring for SQL 2025
I previously wrote about how the underlying technology for Fabric mirroring changed with SQL...
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
Forums
Seeding a Fabric Warehouse with dbt for Visual Studio Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Seeding a Fabric Warehouse with dbt for Visual Studio Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Doing the Little Things
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Question of the Day
Historical Data Tracking
If I want to track historical data values, which mechanism should I use?
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