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

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SQLServerCentral

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.

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Brent Ozar Blog

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

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

With new vehicles becoming more and more computerized and controlled, is data privacy an issue?

Using the Import Extension in Azure Data Studio

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

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

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MSSQLTips.com

Concurrency

In this article, we look at how using the Tablock hint in SQL Server could impact concurrency and block other sessions.

Working with Azure DocumentDB: SQL & NoSQL Together

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Dr. Dobbs

Updating and deleting documents, creating queries, and managing query results in Microsoft's new NoSQL database-as-a-service.

Data Security and AI

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Today Steve discusses an aspect of AI that many people are concerned about: data security. Read more and think about how this might affect your organization.