Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon and SQLCon Barcelona 2026, with approximately 5,000 attendees at the conference. I’ve tried to make...
2026-10-08
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No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight for Brussels and this is my last day at work for a couple of weeks....
2026-10-07
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Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can, and it really depends on how you run Ollama and what your hardware is. Ollama...
2026-10-07 (first published: 2026-09-23)
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Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series on making data AI-ready. Part 1 covered the fundamentals of AI-ready data, this article looks...
2026-10-07 (first published: 2026-09-24)
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The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting something a little more practical for day-to-day DBA work. Something I could open, work through...
2026-10-05 (first published: 2026-09-22)
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The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to be an ever present fear. The technology changes but the fear and the marketing around...
2026-10-05 (first published: 2026-09-22)
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A few years ago I took a new job at Microsoft, working as a Senior Content Developer, and as of this writing I own all the SQL Server content...
2026-10-05
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Here are the resources for my talk at Day of Data Boston. Slides – ArchitectingZeroDowntime.pptx Slides also at: https://dayofdata.org/2026-10-03-dayofdata1150/#schedule Code: https://github.com/way0utwest/ZeroDowntime Book: Refactoring Databases Some interesting questions. I’ll write...
2026-10-04
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After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the audience. I’m adding some of these into blogs, and this was one: How do I...
2026-10-02 (first published: 2026-09-21)
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I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of Redgate. Those values came from our founders, Simon Galbraith and Neil Davidson. I am lucky...
2026-10-02
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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...
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How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
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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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