Jobs change over time, and database administrator jobs are no different. In this 35 minute recorded Twitch livestream (my first ever!) I talk about threats to DBA jobs and...
2019-01-18
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Next week, I’m giving a free webcast for Redgate on DevOps fundamentals. DevOps is something I am a big proponent of for database administrators, developers, and company leaders. The...
2019-01-17
A magical thing happened this week in the SQL Community Slack (it’s free to join, by the way, sign up here). In the midst of a discussion about the...
2019-01-16
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I recently participated in a panel discussion for the SQL PASS DevOps virtual chapter. If you didn’t make the meeting, you can catch our 90 minute discussion here about...
2019-01-10
I recently spoke at the GroupBy free online conference. It was loads of fun, and the recordings from the event are now available. Here’s the hour long session I...
2019-01-03
There’s a lot of information out there on data breaches. I’ve written before about one source that I trust — the Verizon Data Breach Report (DBIR). The 2018 DBIR...
2019-01-02
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I recently got together with fellow Microsoft Data Platform MVPs Steve Jones, Kathi Kellenberger and Grant Fritchey to discuss the highlights of innovations we’ve seen in 2018 and predictions...
2018-12-27
One of the things that brings Microsoft MVPs together each year is complaining about the pains of reporting community contributions to Microsoft. This is a typical first world problem,...
2018-12-26
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I recently did a bit of research on the source of data breaches. In this post, I’ll talk a bit about my current favorite source for breach information, and...
2018-12-03
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Update: The survey is now closed, thanks folks! When I began working with databases, nobody talked about DevOps. It was a few years before I heard the words ‘Agile’...
2018-11-27
By Steve Jones
The season 1, seventh episode of Simple Talks is out. Check it out, with...
By Steve Jones
the McFly Effect – n. the phenomenon of observing your parents interact with people...
At a recent conference I was asked how I executed code during my presentation....
I assume SSMS V20 encryption and SQL Server SSL encryption are different. I have...
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