A New Word: Koiniphobia
koinophobia – n. the fear that you’ve lived an ordinary life. The last one of the year. I’ve enjoyed reading through this dictionary, learning new (made up) words, and...
2023-12-29
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Blog Posts
Can you take a differential backup of master?
In one of the sessions I attended during the Pass Data Community Summit the speaker asked “If master is in ... Continue reading
2023-12-29 (first published: 2023-12-19)
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Deploying VMWare into Azure
Last Updated on January 18, 2024 by John Morehouse Did you know that you can deploy native VMWare virtual machines into Azure? Yeah, I didn’t either until earlier this...
2023-12-29
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Friday Flyway Tips–Linking Commits to an Azure DevOps Work Item
Recently I was doing a demo and a customer asked how I had linked my commit in Azure DevOps to the work item that existed. It’s easy, and tldr;...
2023-12-29
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My Stats from 2023
I’m a data guy, so I decided to drop some numbers in a post. I did this last year, so this one includes a few comparison points. Music From...
2023-12-29
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Using DATETRUNC–#SQLNewBlogger
I saw someone using DATETRUNC recently in some code and realized I hadn’t really looked at this function before. It’s one that was added in SQL Server 2022, though...
2023-12-29 (first published: 2023-12-18)
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Introduction to IaC: Deploying Data infrastructure to Azure using Terraform (Part 4 - Using Github)
In Part 1, we explain the basics and prerrequisites to work with Terraform.In Part 2, we created our first Azure resource.In Part 3, we deployed our fist solution (Azure...
2023-12-28 (first published: 2023-12-27)
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BUILTINAdministrators in SQL Server on Linux
When I first started working with SQL on Linux one of the first things I did was to remove the default the [BUILTINAdministrators] login. This is pretty much standard...
2023-12-27 (first published: 2023-12-15)
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Friday Flyway Tips–Deploying Migrations with a Target
Recently I was working with Flyway Desktop (FWD) and helping a customer work on deploying part of their work. They weren’t sure how easy this could be, but this...
2023-12-27 (first published: 2023-12-15)
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Dynamic Data Masking – SQL Server
Use Dynamic Data Masking to protect your data
The post Dynamic Data Masking – SQL Server appeared first on Tim Radney.
2023-12-25 (first published: 2023-12-03)
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Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
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Backup to Immutable Storage
In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
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