How to Protect SQL Server from Hackers and Penetration Tests
On June 3rd, the InfosecMatter blog published a post titled “Top #10 Vulnerabilities: Internal Infrastructure Pentest“. This blog post detailed the top most common vulnerabilities in Windows servers and networks found during more than 60 internal infrastructure penetration tests around the world. After reading this article, I was prompted to actively look for similar resources […]
T-SQL Tuesday 128 – Learn from Others
This month’s #tsql2sday is hosted by the @AirborneGeek who asks us to learn from others’ mistakes. Hey, that’s my job description! Read on for more juicy details.
Migrating from CosmosDB to SQL Server
Wherever you look, you find tools and resources to help you migrate from something that is not Cosmos DB, to Cosmos DB. The Cosmos DB migration utility tool can only export a JSON file at most, but that can rarely be good enough if you need to move around more than a handful of documents.
It took me a while to realize that I’m not going to find a publicly available migration tool for the job. So, I decided to make my own.
T-SQL Tuesday 127 – Tips and Tricks to Automate Your Life
This month’s #tsql2sday is hosted by Ken Fisher (b|t) who asks us to share tips unrelated to database systems. I will take this opportunity to talk about what you can do to easily automate a lot of your daily tasks, and never miss a thing.
PASS Summit 2020 has gone virtual – register now for a discount!
Considering the whole COVID-19 mess that is happening this year, events being cancelled and re-launched in a virtual form… Is it any wonder that the PASS Summit is joining the trend as well? I’d be quite disappointed if it hadn’t. So, great news!
Planning a Migration from Azure SQL DB to Azure Managed Instance
If a lot of missing features in your #Azure SQL DB are getting in the way, you may consider Azure SQL Managed Instance as an alternative.
But how to migrate? Is it even possible?
Read to find out.
Control SQL Jobs based on HADR Role – Taking it to the Next Level
In one of my previous blog posts, Automatically Enable or Disable Jobs based on HADR Role, I provided a solution for managing scheduled jobs correctly in combination with Availability Groups and Database Mirroring. In this blog post, I’m going to build upon my previous solution and improve it even further – taking it to the next level of automation!
#tsql2sday 126 – Responding to COVID-19
This month’s #tsql2sday is hosted by the legendary Glenn Berry, and asks us about what we’ve been doing as a response to COVID-19.
We at Madeira Data Solutions did quite a lot to chip in during these difficult times. Hopefully, it’s enough to make some kind of difference.
The new “metadata-only column changes” feature in SQL Server 2016 is useless!
You might have seen the blog post by Paul White: New Metadata-Only Column Changes in SQL Server 2016. It talks about how, when a table is compressed, you can change (i.e. increase) a column’s data type without having to create a new table and migrate the data into it, and without having to refactor all of the underlying data. But, not everything is rainbows and unicorns…
Webinar – Development Lifecycle Basics for DBAs at the Data Weekender
The #DataWeekender is a free online conference scheduled for May 2nd, organized by the SQL Server community’s finest, as an online replacement for all the SQL Saturdays and other SQL Server conferences that were being canceled en masse due to the COVID-19 situation.
I am also a speaker in the event, and I’ll be presenting my Development Lifecycle Basics for DBAs webinar!
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