Monthly Archives: February 2025

Why Not Use AI?

Posted on February 26, 2025 by way0utwest

Erin Stellato, a program manager at Microsoft, asked a very interesting question on LinkedIn: “why do you *not* want a Copilot in SSMS?” That got me to stop and think a minute. Why don’t we want to use an AI … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #183: Improving Permission Management

Posted on February 26, 2025 by way0utwest

This is my (late) answer to my own invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #183. I was very busy a few weeks ago when the invite when out (glad it was scheduled) and I never got this done. This post looks at … Continue reading →

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Trust is a Funny Thing

Posted on February 24, 2025 by way0utwest

I caught an article on AI skepticism and there was a point in the article where trust was mentioned. Specifically the reasons that people distrust an AI or tech tool is that it makes a mistake, so they stop using … Continue reading →

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Monday Monitor Tips: VLF Alerts

Posted on February 24, 2025 by way0utwest

A recent change made to Redgate Monitor to add a new alert for VLF count. This post looks at the change. This is part of a series of posts on Redgate Monitor. Click to see the other posts Tracking Virtual … Continue reading →

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