Voice of the DBA

Most of us have managers that are picked from the ranks of our technical staff. Often the most talented technical person... Read more

Big Data is constantly in the news. We've been asked at SQLserverCentral to try and develop some articles, perhaps even ... Read more

The Connect system from Microsoft doesn't work that well, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't continue to press Microsoft... Read more

A friend recently was asked to give a presentation on their career to a group of 12 year olds. It was a challenge to eng... Read more

If you pay attention to security issues in software, you've probably heard about man-in-the-middle attacks. These can oc... Read more

The march to the cloud is inevitable. No, I don't think all your services will be run from a cloud service, but I do th... Read more

I was reading through a list of links for Database Weekly and ran across this script from Pinal Dave, looking for tabl... Read more

I saw a note from someone that had a database set up in a High Availability (HA) configuration for production. This per... Read more

Would you post your password on a wall in your office? Of course not, because other employees, the cleaning crew, even g... Read more

With SQL Server 2014 released, there's the temptation to upgrade for many DBAs. However the licensing costs and debatabl... Read more

I've been working through some of the GDPR legislation, trying to find ways to explain this more clearly to customers a... Read more

A few years ago, I had a keyboard die. At the time, I needed something quickly and ended up with a Logitech wireless mo... Read more

The cloud is a term that's full of hype. We hear from various media outlets all the time: the cloud is the answer, the ... Read more

My employer licenses software to users. Many of you might have SQL Compare, SQL Prompt, or one of our other handy produ... Read more

This is what you build to juggle 6,000 tweets a second. That's the headline that caught my eye and it's about the challe... Read more

It's 2014. SQL Server 2000 is 14 years old, but there are still quite of you managing instances. SQL Server 2005 is 9 ye... Read more

I saw this post recently about security and preparing for a data breach. The title caught my eye because it implies that... Read more

Every few years, or every year now, we see a new version of SQL Server proclaimed as the best ever. A few weeks ago, I ... Read more

Throughout my career I've been looking to consolidate SQL Servers when I find them. The typical employer I've had usuall... Read more

I often talk with people about building their brands and finding a way to ensure they are a highly desirable employee. O... Read more