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Is it still worth it to sponsor PASS Summit?

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Is your DevOps strategy missing a vital link?

Database DevOps practices can help you ship features faster, but how do you safely enable this, and ensure those updates will successfully deploy? Redgate Test Data Manager was developed to resolve bottlenecks and challenges, helping organizations ship deployments they can trust by enabling developers and testers to self-serve test data that walks and talks like production with sensitive customer data taken care of. Read more on the blog.

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Changing the AG Listener

In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?

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