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SQL server security review using PowerShell

Problem How often do we do Security Reviews for your SQL Server Instances? We aim to stay on top of security and to be ...

Microsoft SQL Server

How to build a multi-domain cluster with AlwaysOn availability groups - SQL Server 2016

SQL Server 2016 is making lots of news, and promises to be a revolutionary SQL Server version. In talking about ...

Microsoft SQL Server

How to store performance counters directly on SQL server using TypePerf Command

Introduction Every DBA should know that the baseline is one of the most important pieces to make a proactive ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Powershell error: sqlps.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system

Introduction An interesting issue came across my desk this week. One of our clients has a number of PowerShell tasks ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Multi Tb migration using mydumper

In this post I will explain how to transfer a multi terabyte size database between two MySQL instances using mydumper, ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Using Kerberos configuration manager to resolve Microsoft SQL server SPN issues

Identifying SPN registration and authentication failures It’s not uncommon to have authentication issues with Microsoft ...

Microsoft SQL Server

SQL Server default configurations that you should change

Who here takes the time to adjust default values for SQL Server Configuration after installing it? Unless your company ...

Microsoft SQL Server

SQL Server and Azure - hybrid partitioning - a low-cost solution to retain your data

It's already a fact: cloud is here to stay. As time goes by, we have a better understanding of how it really works as ...

Microsoft SQL Server

SQL Server on Linux – Configuration (Ubuntu)

Following on from my previous post where we installed SQL Server with the default configuration this article goes into ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Sharding a SQL Server database

This blog post covers sharding a SQL Server database using Azure tools and PowerShell script snippets.

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Three hidden Azure SQL database gotchas

Context Azure SQL Database is Microsoft’s Database as a Service (DBaaS) platform offering. It allows end users to ...

Microsoft SQL Server

How to restore encrypted backups

Background SQL Server started having encrypted backups since SQL Server 2014. You can see the technical details here. ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Import/export multiple SSIS packages

While I was working on a migration project recently, I had the task of importing and then exporting multiple packages - ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Learn how to optimize text searches in SQL Server 2014 by using Full-Text Search - part 1

In this article, we'll cover the functionality available in SQL Server 2014 for textual research known as Full-Text ...

Microsoft Azure

Data classification with Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL DB (GDPR, PII, HIPPA...etc)

This blog post will cover SQL Server on-premise or IaaS and Azure SQL DB and how to classify data in both. Let's start ...

Microsoft Azure

Migrate a SQL Server environment with complex replication without reinitializing or rebuilding replication

Introduction When you have a SQL Server environment where a very complex replication setup is in place, and you need to ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Locks, blocks and deadlocks - what's the difference?

Explanation We are often being paged by development teams talking about locks, blocks or deadlocks and some people make ...

Microsoft SQL Server

SQL server 2016 - AlwaysOn basic availability group

Recently I was playing with the SQL Server 2016 CTP 2 and noticed that there was a new feature introduced - Basic ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Issues with Plan Cache Reuse & Row Goal Optimization

I am presenting here on behalf of my colleague Fabiano Amorim (he is busy resolving other exciting performance ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Implementing fuzzy search in SQL server - part 2: Levenshtein distance

Introduction The Levenshtein Distance, as discussed in my last post, is a way to measure how far two strings are ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Auditing MySQL Users With McAfee Plugin

It is a common auditing requirement to log user connection events, including whether or not authentication was ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Windows containers: installing SQL server

This blog post is a quick introduction to Containers in the Windows world, and a walk-through on installing SQL Server ...

Microsoft SQL Server

How to display database statistics for all objects used in a SQL statement

When my current task is to optimize a particular SQL statement, I find it quite useful if I can determine if the ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Linux file system for SQL Server DBAs

Intro With Microsoft releasing SQL Server on Linux and a lot of SQL Server DBAs coming from a predominantly Windows ...

Microsoft SQL Server

How to analyze SQL server stack dumps

Troubleshooting SQL server stack dumps: A practical guide As a SQL Server production DBA, at some point in time you ...

Microsoft SQL Server

DBAs: The 5 key skills you will need in the cloud

Like many organizations, yours is likely under pressure to reduce costs and resources, while increasing storage ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Implementing Fuzzy search in SQL server

Fuzzy Search in SQL Server is not done very well. This post will cover how to implement Fuzzy Search capabilities using ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Dbatools and a SQL Agent

The mission: Tell every DBA around the world about a secret formula that will give them powers. What power do you think ...

Microsoft Azure

Azure Data Lake basics for the SQL Server DBA / developer and... for everyone!

The basics If you're a Microsoft SQL Server DBA or developer and have not been introduced to the Microsoft Azure Data ...

Microsoft SQL Server

Amazon database migration service - first try

Recently, checking Amazon Web Services, I stumbled upon a service I hadn't tested before. It was Data Migration Service ...

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SQL server security review using PowerShell

How to build a multi-domain cluster with AlwaysOn availability groups - SQL Server 2016

How to store performance counters directly on SQL server using TypePerf Command

Powershell error: sqlps.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system

Multi Tb migration using mydumper

Using Kerberos configuration manager to resolve Microsoft SQL server SPN issues

SQL Server default configurations that you should change

SQL Server and Azure - hybrid partitioning - a low-cost solution to retain your data

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Sharding a SQL Server database

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Data classification with Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL DB (GDPR, PII, HIPPA...etc)

Migrate a SQL Server environment with complex replication without reinitializing or rebuilding replication

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SQL server 2016 - AlwaysOn basic availability group

Issues with Plan Cache Reuse & Row Goal Optimization

Implementing fuzzy search in SQL server - part 2: Levenshtein distance

Auditing MySQL Users With McAfee Plugin

Windows containers: installing SQL server

How to display database statistics for all objects used in a SQL statement

Linux file system for SQL Server DBAs

How to analyze SQL server stack dumps

DBAs: The 5 key skills you will need in the cloud

Implementing Fuzzy search in SQL server

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