Introduction to DevOps: 10 Guidelines for Implementing DevOps
In this last article in the series, Robert Sheldon discusses ten guidelines that will help organisactions implement DevOps successfully.
Moving Encrypted Data to Azure SQL Database
Learn how you can move encrypted data from on premises SQL Server to Azure SQL Database.
Introduction to the Partition By Window Function
Window functions can be life savers by making a complicated SQL calculation easy. A window function combines that logic and provides row by row or window by window feedback. Read on to learn more!
Making the switch to SQL Monitor
Australia and New Zealand’s leading cloud account software provider Xero needed a cost-effective monitoring solution with better features and coverage. Read Xero’s story about how they switched from their old monitoring tool to Redgate’s SQL Monitor.
Azure Sphere
The Azure Sphere project is a great piece of research at Microsoft that might help us data professionals with security.
Understanding Auctions
We participate in auctions all the time even when we don’t realize it. In this article, Joe Celko discusses the many different types of auctions and how they work.
Best Option for Working with Files in SSIS
This time we will compare different solutions to copy system folders using different SSIS tasks.
DR Priority
Today Steve asks about HA and DR. What compromises and choices do you make in your environment and how do you ensure your clients can get to their data.
Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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