SQL Server Security Checklist
In this article I will share the Microsoft SQL Server Security Checklist that I have used for many of my clients to help them achieve PCI compliance. This can...
2023-09-11
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Blog Posts
T-SQL Tuesday #166: Extended Events
When I was put on the list to host September’s T-SQL Tuesday, well, I forgot to put it in my calendar. So I’m late (and in the doghouse with...
2023-09-11
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A Multitude of Summary Views in SQL Compare 15
A client asked for a summary of changes, so I wrote a post to show where to find this in SQL Compare 15. As I was checking out the...
2023-09-08 (first published: 2023-08-07)
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A New Word: Vulture Shock
vulture shock – n. the nagging sense that no matter how many days you spend in a foreign country, you never quite manage to step foot in it –...
2023-09-08
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Focusing on a Different S Curve
At the beginning of the year, I took a step back and looked at how far my career had grown. In large part because of the incredible data community,...
2023-09-08 (first published: 2023-08-16)
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I don’t blog anymore, but not because I work at Microsoft
Last year I had a health scare that got my blood pressure at 200-and-something over 100-and-something, soon to be wired up to an IV drip, put through a CT...
2023-09-08
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Raiders of the Lost ADX – dataminds connect 2023
I’m very excited for this year’s edition of dataminds connect. It’s the first time I’m going to co-present a live session. My fellow explorer is the amazing bearded Johan...
2023-09-08
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Speaking at the Future Data Driven Summit 2023
I’m going to give a lightning talk at the online (free) Future Data Driven Summit. The subject is How I saved 80% on my Azure Data Factory Costs. The...
2023-09-08 (first published: 2023-09-07)
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Future Data Driven is Coming Sept 27 for FREE
The Future Data Driven 2023 virtual conference is coming on September 27. Register today and save a note in your calendar. I have been honored to speak at this...
2023-09-07
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Power BI VertiPaq Engine: Optimizing Column Encoding
Power BI encoding is a powerful optimizing option that is often overlooked because it’s not visible in neither the Power BI Desktop tool nor in Power BI Service. Natively,...
2023-09-07 (first published: 2023-09-06)
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Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optimism Without Illusion or Why...
SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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