When I was younger, I always wanted the perfect solution to an IT problem. I remember getting into argument after argument trying to insist upon the perfect configuration, setup,...
2022-01-21 (first published: 2022-01-10)
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Tomorrow, July 13, 2021, I will be giving a webinar on data security and compliance. Here’s the sign-up link: SQL Server Data Security and Compliance sign-up (free, but registration...
2021-07-12
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Tomorrow, April 28, 2021, 12 PM EDT, I will be talking about meeting security benchmarks and compliance requirements with Microsoft SQL Server. Here is the registration link: Geek Sync...
2021-04-27
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The recording for my presentation on Building a Proper SQL Server DB Security Model is now available. It’s right at an hour long and in it I present a...
2021-03-18 (first published: 2021-03-15)
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Tomorrow, March 9, 2020, at 3 PM EST, I will be giving a presentation on how to build a database security model in SQL Server. We’ll primarily focus on...
2021-03-08
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Through high school and college, I carried deep wounds due to what was going on at home. Only a handful of people outside of my family knew what what...
2021-01-29 (first published: 2021-01-20)
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Dum Spiro Spero – “While I breathe, I hope.” Because it’s the motto for South Carolina, it’s on the state seal. As a result, it is part of The...
2020-09-23
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Reading Steve Jones’ posts about daily coping and seeing how it has affected me in a positive way, I’ve decided to share some of the things I’ve done to...
2020-08-14 (first published: 2020-07-30)
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Tomorrow, June 11, 2020, at 3 PM Eastern I’m giving a webcast on the Principles of Data Modeling. Sign up link: https://www.mssqltips.com/sql-server-webcast-signup/?id=822 Here’s what we’ll be covering: You’ve been...
2020-06-10
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First, a true story: I was a senior in high school, applying for college. One of the colleges I applied for was the Naval Academy. As part of the...
2020-06-08 (first published: 2020-05-22)
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Want to learn SQL and get some real practice this December? Check out the...
By Steve Jones
A new feature added to Redgate Monitor Enterprise automatically. CIS compliance is something many...
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
I have listed the event names present in my system_health extended event report. Based...
I am not understanding why this command completes "successfully" and it seems correct to...
get-ChildItem C:\ -recurse -erroraction silentlycontinue | sort length -descending | select -first 10 FullName,length...
Which of these indexes is superseded by another?
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