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Container Development Work

Steve talks about using containers for development work today.

Creating a Test Pipeline in Azure DevOps using a Windows Agent

A customer was having some trouble getting started with Azure DevOps (AzDO) and building their database, so we took a step back and decided to create a simple test...

Take the 2025 State of Database Landscape Survey

The survey is out now and you can share your experiences for a chance at $250 in Amazon vouchers. No matter whether you think your org is great or...

Using Containers to Avoid Installing SQL Server

I got a new laptop recently and instead of installing SQL Server, I decided to try and use containers to see how well this works. This article looks at how I got this working relatively quickly. The short list of things I did is: Install Docker Desktop Create a location for data/logs/etc. Create a docker-compose […]

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Fifty Percent

What percentage of a job's requirements should you have? Steve says fifty percent.

SQL Saturday Boston 2024 Plans

I was accepted to speak at SQL Saturday Boston 2024, which is taking place on October 5, 2024. One month away. This is a fun event that takes place...

Simple Talks Episode 5

The fifth episode of Simple Talks is out. Simple Talks is the Redgate podcast from myself, Grant, Ryan, and Louis. The main page is here, and it has links...

Expanding Northwind with Prompt+

I was trying to do a little testing of our subsetter and needed a larger database. So I decided to ask Prompt + to help me with a little...