SQL in the City Sydney in Two Weeks

It’s two weeks to our next SQL in the City Summit, this time in Sydney. I’m excited to be going back, though it’s a quick trip for me. Likely...

Staying Focused

Finding the zone, working in the flow, these are the most efficient times for us, but they can be hard to find.

Configure Polybase

Local Database CI Builds with Jenkins in a Container

In two previous posts, I’ve showed how to configure Jenkins in a container as well as how to add the SQL Change Automation plugin. This post looks at an...

The State of DevOps Report for 2019

It seems like just a few weeks ago that I went over the 2018 results with Gene Kim. That was an exciting few weeks for me, running over the report in prep and then having the opportunity to host a webinar with Gene Kim. Exciting times, but it's been almost a year and the 2019 […]

Changing the SQL Data Masker Connection Target

This post will explain how to change the connection in your masking set when using SQL Data Masker from Redgate. I’m writing this more for myself than anyone else....

Formatting the date

Restoring an Expired Certificate–#SQLNewBlogger

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. One common task that you might need to...

Business Pressures

The business pressures can often change how we work, or even how we build our software. A few notes on Github from Steve Jones.

Replication Basics