Who knew that automation was going to be such a popular topic. I am so humbled that so many posts were submitted for T-SQL Tuesday #110. There is such a wide range of successes using many different technologies. It seems like from the small to the large efforts peoples mindsets are surely heading down the Read More …
Have you heard the phrase “Automate All the Things”? That seemed to be the top buzz phrase of 2018 and means different things to different people. Kicking off the T-SQL Tuesday season for 2019, I would like to ask, what does “Automate All the Things” mean to you? Everyone’s environment is different, everyone’s day-to-day looks Read More …
Recently I have been taking an online training course in preparation to take the Microsoft 70-532 certification exam. My studies have made me realize how easy to use and fun playing in the cloud can be. You can create a virtual machine, install some stuff, do some stuff and then delete it all in Read More …
Steve Jones from Redgate and SQLServerCentral.com recently put out an interesting challenge: A day in the life of a DBA. The thought is that there is not a lot of discussion around what IT professionals and DBA’s in general do day to day. For the upcoming generation there is a large gap of knowledge out Read More …
Steve Jones from Redgate and SQLServerCentral.com recently put out an interesting challenge: A day in the life of a DBA. The thought is that there is not a lot of discussion around what IT professionals and DBA’s in general do day to day. For the upcoming generation there is a large gap of knowledge out Read More …
Steve Jones from Redgate and SQLServerCentral.com recently put out an interesting challenge: A day in the life of a DBA. The thought is that there is not a lot of discussion around what IT professionals and DBA’s in general do day to day. For the upcoming generation there is a large gap of knowledge out Read More …
Steve Jones from Redgate and SQLServerCentral.com recently put out an interesting challenge: A day in the life of a DBA. The thought is that there is not a lot of discussion around what IT professionals and DBA’s in general do day to day. For the upcoming generation there is a large gap of knowledge out Read More …
My second SQL Saturday presentation is officially complete. This past weekend was SQL Saturday #734 in my hometown of Dallas, Tx. To say I was nervous to present locally is an understatement. I tell myself the reason I picked Phoenix as my first attempt at public speaking is because if things did not go Read More …
Are you a dbatools enthusiast like I am? Have you been introduced to the greatness? Well here is hoping you said yes to both questions and you are using dbatools on a daily basis. dbatools has changed the daily routine of hundreds of DBA’s around the world. You do not have to be a Read More …
Issue Recently, I was forwarded a request from our Product Support team to prepare the database for a third party application to be sent to the vendor for troubleshooting. This particular database has TDE enabled, so I figured that is easy, let me knock that out. So I proceeded to restore the database to one Read More …
