Here is my first draft.

I call it the UEvent (Universal Event) data model, because it is abstract enough to accommodate anything from IT conferences,  university classes, webinars, book club meetups...

Redgate SQL Prompt has several features that are useful for code reviews, automated static code analysis, and refactoring.

First, there is the 'Code Analysis' feature.

https://documentation.red-gate.com/codeanalysis/code-analysis-for-sql-server

Then there is the feature to...

For those Azure customers with zone-redundancy enabled, it would be interesting to know how much loss of availability they experienced. Theoretically, it should be been a couple minutes at most...

You know, there are a lot of conversations about how AI will replace jobs. Particular industries like manufactoring, marketing, customer service, and IT be disrupted more than others. But I...

I've always thought that Microsoft's investment in Linux had more to do with the technicals of making SQL Server run more efficiently on Docker containers and expanding it's footprint into...

Maybe the most efficient way to mockup 100 million rows of randomized test data would be to leverage PowerShell or Python to create text files and then BCP them into...

First, I'll turn on the radio to NPR news (I hate political\entertainment talk radio and morning rock DJs shows). If there isn't a good feature on, then I'll...

In addition to having a "bug-out bag" ready to go in case of an emergency, it's also important to plan an intended destination given various scenarios. Simply tossing supplies into...

6 Jobs AI will never do

1. CEO
2. CFO
3. CTO
4. CIO
5. Senator
6. Public Representative

Those who make decisions about the implementation of AI don't have to worry about losing their jobs...

Similar to the history of how organizations have leveraged offshore IT talent, I'm sure that the pendulum will swing back and forth over time when it comes to leveraging AI...

For higher volume stores whose database can't fit within 10GB limit, we will deploy Standard Edition. Obviously Azure SQL would have advantages over on-sight deployments, but the issue...

For higher volume stores whose database can't fit within 10GB limit, we will deploy Standard Edition. Obviously Azure SQL would have advantages over on-sight deployments, but the issue is that...

Now THAT sounds...

Password encrypting backup files can actually be useful in some scenarios, like for organizations that copy their backups to cloud storage or removable media, so why not just fix the...

Many of the unit tests performed in DEV and QA are also useful for post-deployment testing in Production, and this can include a schema comparison of Production versus QA looking...