Remote Data Challenges
While working remotely, we still need good security practices and strong data protection.
How to Resolve a Duplicate Key Error in SSAS
Learn how you can fix the duplicated key error in SSAS without editing the source data.
How to Add a Filter to an Existing SQL Change Automation Project
Kendra Little demonstrates how to create a SQL Compare filter file and save it to a SQL Change Automation project folder, so that it will be used automatically during development.
Technology Makes a Difference
As the world deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, technology is making some things better for those of us in isolation. We are also better equipped today to fight the disease. Researchers are using artificial intelligence to quickly develop vaccines and treatments.
Configuring Database Alerts for Azure SQL Database
This article will help us to understand how to monitor Azure SQL Database and set up Azure metric alerts. Even though the database in Azure SQL Database is fully managed by Microsoft, we are still responsible for proper database access and performance. Azure does make it easy for us and it can alert on critical […]
SQL Server Database Deployment: What Could Go Wrong?
Phil Factor tackles the questions you were too shy to ask about SQL Server database builds, migrations and deployments.
Storage 101: Data Center Storage Configurations
In this article in the series, Robert Sheldon explains the differences between direct-attached storage, network-attached storage, and storage area networks.
Representing uncertainty in difficult times
The Covid-19 pandemic has provided examples of how uncertain data can eventually be presented to the public as certainty. How, as data people, should we represent uncertainty in our data?
An Introduction to PowerShell for a DBA
An introduction to PowerShell that covers basics alone with some more advanced features. It will walk you through from the very beginning to the writing of a few useful scripts.
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How Long is a Long I/O?
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Question of the Day
How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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