The Worms-eye View
Even the most elaborate team-based development methodology won't compensate for the blinkered attitudes and tribal cultures that come from over-specialization in IT.
Should DBAs learn Linux?
Brent Ozar looks at the similarities between SQL Server on Linux and SQL Server on Windows Core from back in 2012, and asks whether DBAs should bother learning it.
SQL Prompt Tip: how to control when the suggestion box pops up
By default, SQL Prompt shows code auto-completion suggestions automatically, and continuously. 90% of the time this is exactly what you want, but there are other times where you just need a bit of space - Phil Factor shows how.
Implementing SQL Server Failover Clustering in Azure
Deploying IaaS solutions in Microsoft Azure offers benefits that leverage agility, resiliency, and scalability built into the underlying platform. However, when dealing with business-critical workloads, customers typically want to also provide high-availability and disaster recovery capabilities in a manner that they can control. Trying to implement this approach in the cloud by following the procedures applicable in on-premises datacenters frequently presents challenges. This article focuses on these differences in the context of deployment of SQL Server Failover Clustering in Azure.
Guide to Create a SQL Central Management Server
This post is going to walk you through the process of creating an SQL Management Server.
Representing a simple hierarchical list in SQL Server with JSON, YAML, XML and HTML
How difficult can it be to produce a simple hierarchical list in JSON, YAML, XML and HTML from a SQL Server table that represents a simple hierarchy within an organisation. Well once you know, it is easy and William Brewer is on a mission to tell you how.
Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
Forums
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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
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Secure Communications
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Question of the Day
Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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