Perfecting my presentations
After a considerable amount of “umming and ahhing” last year I decided to start presenting full hour long sessions. Well,...
2018-01-22
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The DBA Who Came In From The Cold
Friday Reading 2018-01-19
It’s been absolutely freezing here in Dublin this week. Been spending pretty much all time wrapped up indoors reading…
Discussing PASS...
2018-01-19
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Using Windows stored credentials to connect to SQL in containers
I work with SQL Server in containers pretty much exclusively when testing code and one of my real bug bears...
2018-01-17
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Time to find a new place to live
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been looking at various different locations around Dublin as my tenancy in the...
2018-01-15
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Friday Reading 2018-01-11
Phew, what a week! Have been looking for a new flat to live so it’s been a bit mad. Have...
2018-01-12
307 reads
Comparing two SQL instances
Last week I was working on a couple of SQL instances that contained databases which were part of an Always...
2018-01-10
469 reads
Roll on 2018!
Hey everyone, hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year!
I took December off from blogging as had started...
2018-01-08
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Checking SQL Configuration with Pester & Dbatools
I know, I know, there’s loads of different ways to test the configuration of SQL Server but I’ve started playing...
2017-12-13 (first published: 2017-11-29)
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Friday Reading 2017-11-17
Fun week, lots of stuff to organise and prepare for! Whilst I’ve had some downtime I’ve been reading…
Write your first...
2017-11-17
285 reads
Running SQL Server in Kubernetes on Azure Container Services (AKS) II
I’ve previously blogged about running SQL Server in ACS but Microsoft has now released a new version still called Azure...
2017-11-15
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Blogs
Learning Database Design and Power BI Performance
I spend my days working on and managing SQL Server instances—working days at least,...
Free SQL Training: Dive into Databases This December!
Want to learn SQL and get some real practice this December? Check out the...
Monday Monitor Tips: CIS Compliant
By Steve Jones
A new feature added to Redgate Monitor Enterprise automatically. CIS compliance is something many...
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The Reindeer Count
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Events of System_health extended event serious or not
I have listed the event names present in my system_health extended event report. Based...
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The Reindeer Count
How many reindeer does Santa have pulling his sleigh? (according to the famous song) Hint, the answers are not base 10.
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