SQL Server Options to Avoid - SQL School Video
Not every option in SQL Server is useful or appropriate. Brian Knight shows which ones you might not wish to mess with.
The Bionic Office - V2
Fog Creek Software has a new headquarters and the offices look amazing. Steve Jones talks about the value of a beautiful space.
Conducting Service Broker Conversation Using Full Dialog Security in SQL Server 2005 Express Service
In the previous installment of our series covering the most relevant features of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, we started an overview of Service Broker full dialog-level security. In this article, we will conclude this subject by describing the remaining prerequisites and a method to invoke a secure dialog.
Great IT Shops
Do you work in a great IT shop? Steve Jones talks about some of the things that make one and wonders if you feel you work at a great company.
Great IT Shops
Do you work in a great IT shop? Steve Jones talks about some of the things that make one and wonders if you feel you work at a great company.
Great IT Shops
Do you work in a great IT shop? Steve Jones talks about some of the things that make one and wonders if you feel you work at a great company.
Just a Second, Guv.
In which Phil hears about an extra 'leap' second added over the new year, and broods on the missing INTERVAL datatype in SQL Server
Get SSAS Database Properties with PowerShell and AMO
Learn how to use Windows PowerShell and AMO to retrieve the database properties of SQL Server Analysis Service.
Graphical Execution Plans for Simple SQL Queries
Learning how to read and analyze execution plans takes time and effort. But once you gain some experience, you will find them an essential skill for getting to grips with performance issues in SQL Server Queries. Grant here describes the range of execution plans for different simple SQL Queries.
The Bionic Office - V2
Fog Creek Software has a new headquarters and the offices look amazing. Steve Jones talks about the value of a beautiful space.
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
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As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
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On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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