Azure Database Watcher - Every Breath you take, every move you make...
Monitoring can be expensive...really expensive. And while there are open source options available (shameless self promotion here for a...
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Oct 74 min read
Constrained Delegation and Power BI Gateway SSO or SSRS - Delegation... oooo..ooo delegation, it's what we need...
Ah, the elderly parent, the old warhorse SQL Server Reporting Services, and the young(ish) upstart Power BI and its On Premises Data...
Sep 164 min read
SSIS with SQL Always Encrypted Data. It's Integrated Jim, but not as we know it.
This is part 3 in the SQL Always Encrypted mini series... Unfortunately, the gotchas continue, as it isn't straight forward when using...
Sep 46 min read
Power BI with SQL Always Encrypted Data. Database Connectivity...Open you say?
In this episode, we're going to look into how we can read that Always Encrypted data (On Prem, with the Key secured by Azure Key Vault),...
Aug 197 min read
SQL Always Encrypted with Azure Key Vault - Lock up your data!
Those DBAs eh? You just can't trust 'em.... Well, we know that statement is ridiculous, but there are so many cases where data in a SQL...
Aug 55 min read
SQL Server Avengers: CPU Affinity War
Maybe not the best entry in the franchise, but this is another one of those configuration options that has been around forever, but very...
Aug 8, 20236 min read
SP_WHO are you...
"Who who, Who who... ... I really want to know ..?" OK, we all have our servers, and that they always work absolutely magnificently, we...
Jul 18, 202313 min read
SQL Observation for the Nation - Part 3 - The Return of the Ping.
This is the third and final post in the series "SQL Observation for the Nation". Part one can be found here: SQL Observation for the...
Jul 7, 20238 min read
SQL Observation for the Nation - Part 2 - The Few Towers.
This is the second post in the series "SQL Observation for the Nation". Part one can be found here: https://sqlrodbloke.wixsite.com/sqlro...
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