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As you may have noticed, we have been suffering recently from increased spam posts on the forums. This is something we're currently working to resolve.
My month with Release!
Alex and his team are developing a game about software and some of the people who make it. He looks at how games affected his office culture, what he’s learned about designing games to do more than just be fun, and how his team are hoping to share their passion with the developer community.
Using DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS When Testing Performance
Over the years I've had many discussions with other SQL Server Database Administrators as to whether or not you should have the database buffer pool loaded with data pages or empty when testing queries for performance. This tip will take a look at the effects on query performance for both cases by using the DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS statement to empty the buffer pool.
Data Mining Introduction Part 9: Microsoft Linear Regression
This is an introduction to the SQL Server Microsoft Linear Regression Algorithm.
Data Mining Introduction Part 9: Microsoft Linear Regression
This is an introduction to the SQL Server Microsoft Linear Regression Algorithm.
Go to a User Group
Are you in a rut? Feeling a bit bored at work writing the same ole code? Or perhaps you need a job and only wish you could be bored "at work"!
PowerShell One-Liners: Accessing, Handling and Writing Data
In the grand finale to Michael Sorens' series of PowerShell one-liners, we come to the handling of data, reading it in and writing it out, whether by files; input/output streams or a database. It shows how it can be done in a variety of formats including CSV, JSON, and XML.
Cloud Storage Security: Are You Doing Your Part?
If the level cloud storage encryption are so high, then why is the cloud security industry experiencing such distrust?
Automated testing in Microsoft Azure
Matthew Flatt was trying to measure the performance of a tool interacting with Microsoft Azure, and had trouble getting a consistent test. His solution? Run the tests on VMs in Azure, housed in the same data center as the blob storage.
Server Role Membership Validation
Need to know how to verify if a login has server-level access to your SQL Server instance?
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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