SQL Server 2016 RC0–Management Studio install option has disappeared
If you are trying to install SQL Server 2016 RC0 – which I’m sure you are all doing looking at the...
2016-03-16
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Gethyn Ellis
Creating a Domain Controller
The following is a short guide for promoting a Windows Server 2012 Machine to be a domain controller. This assumes...
2016-03-15
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SQL Server on Linux
When I started working with SQL Server many years ago, SQL Server on Linux was a regular April fool’s day...
2016-03-08
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Spring Training: Developing SQL Queries for SQL Server
Just a short post for a Tuesday to let you that I will delivering Learning Tree’s 534 Developing SQL Queries...
2016-02-09
475 reads
Introduction to SQL Server: The Main Components
There has been much talk recently in the SQL Server community about writing introductory level blog posts. Posts that a...
2016-02-08
884 reads
Its been a busy start to the year
Its been a busy start to the year at gethynellis.com. I have been involved in a Big Data training courses...
2016-02-05
491 reads
Powerful SQL Queries for SQL Server
New Year, new powerful SQL queries!
Start the New Year off with some great Transact-SQL training and join me for...
2015-12-07
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Most Read: My Top 5 SQL Server Articles and Blogs
There has been some really useful blogs and articles posted over the last week or so, this is my top...
2015-09-22
520 reads
Free SQL Azure eBook
As this blog post is being published David will be delivering his “Putting his Head in the Cloud – Working with...
2015-09-19
555 reads
SQL Saturday #413 Denmark 2015
David Postlethwaite will be giving his SQL Azure “Putting your head in the clouds – Working with SQL Azure” at SQL...
2015-09-07
545 reads
Blogs
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...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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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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