This year PASS Data Community Summit is a free virtual event, and I encourage you to register even if you are interested in just a handful of sessions. One of the Learning Pathways might be just what you are looking for, from Query Basics to Power BI to DevOps. What I’m most excited about this […]
SQL Server 2016 SP3, the last service pack ever is out. Steve comments on how the world of software patches has changed.
In this article we cover how to implement a batch Databricks Change Data Feed process through an end-to-end exercise.
This video demonstrates a set of queries for estimating data compression savings in SQL Server. It also covers how to make an informed decision on whether data compression makes sense for your data and workload or not.
Steve notes that there are differences between state based development and migration based development, but neither is necessarily better.
In this first level of the SSAS Tabular stairway, learn the benefits of implementing an SSAS solution.
Learn about the various ways to use the GROUP BY command to summarize and rollup query results. We look at the basics with examples as well as using group by rollup, cube and grouping sets.
Join Kevin Davis, DBA Manager at Tower Loan to hear their playbook for successful distributed estate monitoring, and the role of SQL Monitor.
This article looks at moving data in three related tables to Azure SQL Database using the change tracking feature in SQL Server to determine which rows have been changed.
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In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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