Steve wonders today if the Full-Text Search system in SQL Server is due for a replacement, perhaps with other technologies.

Database provisioning and containers – can you help?

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Redgate

If you work with SQL Server, Redgate would love to talk to you about how you’re using (or thinking of using) containers, how you see databases fitting into your workflows involving them, and any challenges you’ve hit so far.

Free Webinar: The State of SQL Server Monitoring 2019

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Redgate

Conferences, Classes, Events, and Webinars

With a line up like this, it's a webinar not to be missed! Join Grant Fritchey, Chris Yates, Annette Allen, and Tony Maddonna on Tuesday June 25th as they discuss the key findings of Redgate’s 2019 State of SQL Server Monitoring survey.

The BI Journey: The Journey Begins

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SimpleTalk

Gogula Aryalingam continues telling the story of the BI solution created by a business analyst intern. In this article, after the initial success, plans are made to sustain and grow the project.

Microsoft, Think DevOps First

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Steve has a few issues with the design of the Power BI Service and their format for storing reports.

Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSAs) in SQL2016

by Michael Minarzick

SQLServerCentral.com

Group Managed Service Accounts

Implementing Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSAs) in existing SQL Server instances with AlwaysON

Practice Those Scripts

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

A database script caused a large outage for Salesforce. Steve wonders if you have ideas on how to prevent this type of issue in your environment.

What’s Better, CTEs or Temp Tables?

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Brent Ozar Blog

Temp tables

Brent get's asked this question a lot, so here he has set up an example with the Stack Overflow database. His query’s goal is to find the top 5 Locations, and list the users who live in those top 5 Locations, alphabetized by their DisplayName.