I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates HammerDB benchmarking for SQL Server using Docker. If you’ve ever needed to run TPC-C or...
2026-09-21 (first published: 2026-09-12)
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Yesterday I gave a talk for MSSQLTips called “Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate”. I’ll drop the recording into this post once it’s published. What I...
2026-09-14 (first published: 2026-09-04)
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Ten years ago today, I filmed a Pluralsight Play by Play on open source PowerShell. I was standing between Jason Helmick and Jeffrey Snover, trying very hard not to...
2026-09-09
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I’ve been rebuilding my three-site SQL Server demo lab, and I ran into something I’ve wanted for a long time. If you’ve ever designed a SQL Server environment on...
2026-08-26 (first published: 2026-08-18)
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I’ve been running this blog on Hugo for a long time, and like most blogs with real history, it’s accumulated some tech debt. Some of it is my own...
2026-08-26
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It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00 UTC, and registration is open right now. It’s completely free. No catch, just a full...
2026-08-06
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Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array. The VM moved, the old volumes were destroyed, and nobody created a Protection Group on...
2026-07-27 (first published: 2026-07-17)
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I’m honored to announce that I’ve been renewed as a Microsoft MVP for the tenth consecutive year, recognized in the Azure SQL and SQL Server technical areas under Data...
2026-07-16
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an AI agent genuinely useful for database work, both for administration and for application access to...
2026-06-12 (first published: 2026-05-24)
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I’ve been working on a project that combines two things I spend a lot of time with: MongoDB sharded clusters and Everpure FlashArrays. The goal is a production-grade backup...
2026-06-04
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By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Risk Vs Reward, The never...
Hi, I have a trigger, that works fine elsewhere but is not working at...
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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