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Azure SQL Data Warehouse provides frictionless development using SQL Server...
The highly requested feature for SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) is now in preview with the support for SQL Server Data Tool (SSDT) in Visual Studio! Teams of developers can now collaborate over a single,...
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T-SQL Tuesday 108 Non SQL Server Technologies
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How do I run SQL Server on AWS? Running SQL Server on AWS can be done in 2 ways. Relation Database Service (RDS): AWS’s managed solution where some of the administration (maintenance, backups and...
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SQL Server 2016/2017/2019 database backup read IO accounting in Resource...
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T-SQL Tuesday Non-SQL Server Technologies
So, this month’s T-SQL Tuesday topic is to think about a non-SQL Server technology that we want to learn. For me, I’m going to pick machine learning. As a DBA, I’ve always looked at machine learning as...
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SDU Tools: List Indexes in a SQL Server Database
When I'm working with a SQL Server database, I often need a simple list of all the indexes that are already in place. I want it in a concise form. In our free SDU Tools for developers and DBAs, we...
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SQL interview questions 1:You had a request to install SQL Server 2008 failover cluster on windows Server 2012 R2. A Windows failover cluster is already ready. SQL Server 2008 installation failed at...
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Problem Enterprise environment always enforce security in different levels. One such level is network ports. There will be less questions when we want to open port 443 for http(s) communication. Also...
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SQL Server 2017 Step By Step Installation Guide
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TSQL-Tuesday #108: A Journey Into CI/CD
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What’s New in SQL Server 2019 CTP 2.1: Faster Functions
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New 200TB Fast Track Solution Proves Dell EMC is the Go-To Platform for SQL...
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