Monthly Archives: April 2019

Enable a Named Instance to Connect on 1433

Posted on April 22, 2019 by way0utwest

My default setup for a few years is to only use named instances, usually with a standard SQL2014 or SQL 2016 as the name of the instance. Recently, I set up a new instance and needed to connect from another … Continue reading →

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SQLServerCentral Design–QotD

Posted on April 19, 2019 by way0utwest

This is part of a series of posts that look at the changes to the SQLServerCentral design, bringing us to v3 of the site. You can see the other posts with the SQLServerCentral tag. We’re a few weeks in and … Continue reading →

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Scary Data Collection

Posted on April 18, 2019 by way0utwest

Most of us would feel fairly creeped out by finding out an AirBnb or hotel had security cameras watching us. I’m not a woman, and I’m sure ladies are especially bothered by this, but there was an AirBnB rental where … Continue reading →

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Securing Code Early

Posted on April 17, 2019 by way0utwest

Last year I started to get alerts from Microsoft Repos that someone had put a piece of security information in their code that pertained to one of my Azure services. At first I was worried, but then I realized this … Continue reading →

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