Practical guides and insights for modern data practitioners
In this post I thought I would share some SQL Server Product Owner advice based on actual experience. Because I am aware that is still fairly new for a lot of people compared to the more traditional SQL Server roles. In fact, I have been asked about it a lot recently whilst at conferences. Because … Read more
To try something new, I thought for a few blog posts I would write a fictional tale about lessons learned by a time travelling SQL Server DBA. Because at the start of a new year people tend to look into the past and the future. I decided it would be a good idea to cover … Read more
In this post I’d like to discuss using 2020 vision with SQL Server. For those wondering what I mean by that I will explain shortly. Before I do that, I’d just like to wish everybody reading this a Happy New Year. Anyway, just to clarify what I mean by using 2020 vision with SQL Server. … Read more
In this post I want to cover a beautiful Azure Boards query that I created. Because a while ago I mentioned that I had logged a feedback item to Microsoft about Azure DevOps. In particular, with them adding a ‘Not’ option when filtering tags. You can read the feedback item with Microsoft in detail here. … Read more
Recently I’ve been going through different Azure DevOps test environment options. In order for people to perform changes without interfering with the existing business environment. In addition, I’ve had to help some people sort out test environments for Azure DevOps as well. So, I thought I better do a post about the options that I … Read more
Hello and welcome to my T-SQL Tuesday contribution for this month, based on automating a complex Database refresh. For those of you who want to know more about this month’s T-SQL Tuesday topic “Automate all the things” you can click here. I’ve been a big believer of automation for a long time now. The main … Read more