Cloud Computing Basics - Achieving High Availability
Learn about high availability in the cloud at a conceptual level.
Cloud Computing Basics - Achieving High Availability
Learn about high availability in the cloud at a conceptual level.
Easily Repeating Work
There are many ways to work more efficiently, but tracking and saving your work might be one of the best.
Choosing Snowflake vs SQL Server for a Data Warehouse
In this article we take a high level view of choosing to use Snowflake in the cloud versus SQL Server on-premises and some things to consider.
DevOps 101: Getting buy-in across your organization
Implementing DevOps isn’t just a matter of being great at writing code. The key to successful DevOps implementation is gaining buy in across your organization. Join Grant Fritchey live for his tips on how to achieve this.
The Level of Security These Days
How comfortable are you with your password security? Today Steve asks given some data on the various times it takes to crack passwords.
The problem with averages
Everyone learns to calculate an average in school, but, as Joe Celko shows, there are better ways to summarize data.
Why you don’t just buy tools to make DevOps happen
Matt Gordan is next in the hot seat. We discuss how Matt keeps the lights on while overseeing many data related projects and how his team know the more they are plugged into projects, the better support the can offer.
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases
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Question of the Day
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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