Backup Directly to a GCS Bucket in SQL Server 2022
Learn how you can back up your SQL Server 2022 databases to Google Cloud Storage.
Dealing with Mutually Dependent Databases in Flyway
How to create and manage 'stub' objects, in Flyway migrations, in order to overcome build failures caused by circular, or mutual, dependencies between objects in different databases. The technique should be applicable to any RDBMS.
Encrypt SQL Server Stored Procedures to Protect Source Code
In this article, we cover how to encrypt a SQL Server stored procedure and how SQL Server hides the source code for these objects once encrypted.
Publishing a Public Power BI Report from Google Sheets
Learn how you can share your Power BI report with others in the public. Steve shows how his data in Google Sheets is added to Power BI and then made public in a report.
Speakers Are Normal People
Today Steve encourages everyone to feel welcome in the data professional community.
Configure Contained Availability Groups for High Availability in SQL Server 2022
In this article, we look at how to setup and configure Contained Availability Groups in SQL Server 2022 and some of the new options this feature allows.
Dealing with Cross-Server Database Dependencies in Flyway Projects
How to tackle database development in Flyway when databases make cross-server references. The technique uses synonyms to represent the remote objects, and local 'stub' objects to overcome the problems caused by 'missing references' when building the individual objects.
Dynamic ELT with Azure Data Factory - Part 3 of 3
In part 3 of this series, see how you can use the principles from the series to build an Azure Data Factory pipeline.
Losing Track of Data
Facebook isn't sure where all your personal data is stored. Are you sure your organization is any different?
Azure Function and User Assigned Managed Identities
Let’s talk about authentication between Azure Functions and resources used by Azure Functions and conclude with many poorly documented secrets about how to use User Assigned Managed Identity.
Blogs
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
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As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
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Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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