PowerShell Commands to Administer Virtual Machines on Amazon AWS - Part 2
Learn about various PowerShell commands that can be used to administer virtual machines on Amazon AWS.
The Fake Speakers
Someone generated a fake speaker profile for their conference, which Steve finds disturbing.
Getting Started with DDL statements of Cassandra Query Language
Learn the basics of how to work with objects in Cassandra, a NoSQL database.
Stairway to Database DevOps Level 3: Managing Code as a Team in Git
In this level of the Stairway to Database DevOps, you'll get an introduction to branching and merging. Learn how to create a branch for making your changes to the codebase, submitting these in a code review, and then merging the changes into those made by other developers.
The Balanced Technical Manager
If you are considering moving into management as a career goal, read today's editorial from Steve, with some advice based on an interesting article from someone with experience at Facebook and Stripe.
Accelerated Database Recovery enhancements in SQL Server 2022
We are excited to share that there are several Accelerated Database Recovery enhancements in SQL Server 2022.
Why Haven’t You Disabled SA? Wrong Answers Only.
On social media, I asked folks, “Why haven’t you disabled the SA account in your SQL Servers? Wrong answers only.” The results were pretty funny:
A Lack of Privacy in Smart Cars
With new vehicles becoming more and more computerized and controlled, is data privacy an issue?
Using the Import Extension in Azure Data Studio
Learn how this extension in Azure Data Studio makes it easy to import flat files in a CSV or JSON format.
TABLOCK Hint can Negatively Impact SQL Server Concurrency
In this article, we look at how using the Tablock hint in SQL Server could impact concurrency and block other sessions.
Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
Forums
query to track time spent on individual tasks in SSIS
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SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database
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Hidden Heroes
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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