Monitoring After Deployment

This Friday's poll looks at the time after deployment. Can you tell if things were successful? Do you have a formal way to determine if the changes are causing issues?

Switching the time zone

The Change Failure Rate

The number of times that you have a failure when deploying changes is a good metric to watch.

Keynoting at SQL Saturday #831–Christchurch

After our SQL in the City Summit in Brisbane last week, Hamish Watson () asked me if I’d do a short version of my keynote talk at the upcoming...

Moving to Serverless for Azure SQL DB

After the announcement of Serveless Azure SQL Datbase at //build/, I decided to give it a try. I have some Basic databases, so what would Serverless mean for me?...

Service Broker Queues

Adding Messages

High Prices for High Security

I was excited to see the new Secure Enclave technology come to Always Encrypted (AE) in SQL Server 2019. I've thought that the way Microsoft implemented the AE technology in SQL Server 2016 was a start and a good step forward, but it had too many restrictions. Kind of like Availability Groups in 2012 and […]

SQL Server 2005 Build List

Build List Updated with SP3 CU14 and SP4 CU3.

Getting the Winners