Restoring Master on a Windows 2019 / SQL Server 2019 Cluster
Howto restore master database on a Clustered SQL Server 2019 Instance
Five facts about the SQL Server Model Database
In this article we cover interesting facts about the SQL Server model database and how new databases inherit properties from the model database.
Moving from application automation to true DevOps by including the database
This article explains the challenges of DevOps automation for databases, starting with how to manage the database, as a set of SQL scripts, in the version control system, and then how to start building an integrated and automated script pipeline for continuously testing and deploying database schema changes, alongside the application code.
Growing Outside of the English World
The world is bigger than one country, and Steve is trying to remember that.
Stairway to SQL Server Virtualization Level 2 - The Ideal SQL Server Virtual Machine Architecture
In Level 2 of the Stairway to SQL Server Virtualization, we examine the ideal VM configuration from a standpoint of the various resources involved.
PowerShell editors and environments part 2
In this article, Greg Moore demonstrates two additional PowerShell editors: Azure Data Studio Notebooks and Visual Studio Code.
Reading Stored Procedure Output Parameters in Azure Data Factory
This article will help you to work with Store Procedure with output parameters in Azure data factory.
Removing SA from Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database is getting the ability to turn off SQL authentication.
3 steps to get started with Database DevOps
Once you’ve committed to changing your culture in order to automate your database deployments, what’s next? You’ve already done the hard part, making the decision to shift the culture. In this blogpost, Grant Fritchey explores three steps you can take next to begin your Database DevOps journey.
Where I See Databases Going in the Next 10 Years
This month, to mark the 20th anniversary of BrentOzar.com, Brent steps back and looks at the big picture.
Blogs
Reading SQL Server File Headers with DBCC FILEHEADER
I’ve been doing a deep dive into SQL Server on-disk structures lately, and one...
T-SQL Tuesday #197 – An impactful session or two from a conference – RECAP
By DataOnWheels
Thanks to everyone who joined the blog party this month. I noticed three themes...
OpenClaw- Agentic Engineering
By Vinay Thakur
This week has training on AI – Cyber security experts – Omar Santos and...
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences V
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can generate values before an insert statement is executed?
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