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Best way to monitor high worker thread on SQL Server

• by Dharmendra Keshari

• SQL Geek

It is common to see high worker count issue on the production server and it can have a range of negative impacts on SQL Server performance and stability, potentially...

2023-03-31

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Using SQL Alerts to Spot Suspicious Activity in SQL

• by davidfowler-42596

• SQL Undercover

SQL doesn’t really give us too many tools out of the box to allow us to spot when someone may be up to no good. We can look at...

2023-03-29

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How to Change the Browser Used by SSMS for AAD Auth

• by Meagan Longoria

• Data Savvy

Did you know that you can change the browser used by SQL Server Management Studio to authenticate using Azure Active Directory to a SQL database in Azure? I had...

2023-03-28

Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 03-20-2023 & Kiddos Growing Up

• by SQLBalls

• SQLBalls

William, right, 11 years ago the morning of our college tour Hello Dear Reader! When I got off the plane from SQLBits I wasn't feeling great.  To be honest, I...

2023-03-28

Typing with Your Tongue Part 2: Voice Access

• by DataOnWheels

• DataOnWheels

A few months ago, I wrote a post on how I use voice technology to continue working with my ALS condition. Since that post was written, Microsoft released a...

2023-03-28

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Why i use a smaller docker image part I

• by Ige Adetokunbo Temitayo

• Adetokunbo Ige

What is Docker? Docker is a famous platform for building, shipping, and running container applications. What are containers? Containers are a way to package software in a portable and...

2023-03-27

SQL Server 2022 Administration Inside Out

• by Will Assaf

• SQL Tact

SQL Server 2022 Administration Inside Out is now available for pre-order from Microsoft Press. This book is far more than a quick update. We've rewritten and refreshed large portions of...

2023-03-25 (first published: 2023-03-24)

Daily Coping 24 Mar 2023–The Final Tip

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

Today’s coping tip is to discover the joy in the simple things in life. This is the last coping tip for now. It’s been 3 years, and I hope...

2023-03-24

Experimenting with RedisGraph on Docker and Windows

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I have been experimenting a bit with graph databases, trying to learn more about them. One of the platforms I wanted to experiment with was RedisGraph. This post looks...

2023-03-24 (first published: 2023-03-23)

Resources for Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I delivered my talk on Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments yesterday at VS Live Las Vegas 2023. It went fairly well, even though I ran some incorrect code somewhere. Apologies...

2023-03-24 (first published: 2023-03-23)