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When you’re building a new SQL Server, you’re going to see a few intriguing checkboxes during setup. The services are all free, right? You can just check the boxes for Machine Learning Services, R, Python, Data Quality Services, PolyBase, Integration Services, Analysis Services, and Reporting Services – it’s not like you have to put more...
Getting started with the PowerShell module dbatools: How to get started with the module and adminstrate your SQL Server
As organizations migrate their databases to the cloud, database administrators need to consistently manage databases on-premise and in the cloud with existing staff and tools. While it is relatively straightforward to provision and manage databases o...
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Unlike their failed counterparts, solutions are successful solely because systems, users, and organizations have come to depend upon them. Solutions are not necessarily successful because they were well crafted, intelligently designed, or adhere to a...
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As organizations migrate their data to the cloud, database administrators need to consistently manage data on-premise and in the cloud with existing staff and tools. Typical concerns with migration to the cloud are moving data to the cloud without im...
One way to get around limitations in computing resources is to throw more computers at the problem. That’s why even cheap consumer-grade computers and phones have multiple cores in them. In s…
Who knew that there would be so many different ways that cloud service providers could charge for services? You were expecting to pay for compute and storage resources, sure. And it’s not really surprising that if you’re configuring your SQL Server infrastructure for high availability (HA) in the cloud you’re going to pay more for... Read more »
SQL Compliance Manager can help teams stay ahead of regulatory auditors by conducting internal audits to ensure compliance. The tool enables teams to understand their position regarding compliance and produce documented evidence to satisfy external auditors.
SQL Server query plans AKA execution plans are one of the greatest assets when it comes to tuning, optimizing, and troubleshooting our queries. Transact-SQL is a declarative language that can be used to query data without requiring a human interaction to specify an exact execution plan to be followed. This simply means that we are …
This article provides solution for central SQL audit data repository disaster recovery
Challenge One of the challenges when working with SQL source control systems is to have a sort of a “safe mechanism” that will allow developers to revert any changes made on the destination database. That kind of “mechanism” are source control labels, which are basically snapshots of the SQL source control repository captured at specific …
This article describes how to collect information about Linked Servers using SQL documentation
Optimizing SQL queries is an important part of a DBA's job. DB Optimizer offers a tool to streamline the process and assist database teams in extracting the maximum performance from their systems.