Category Archives: Editorial

Multiple Monitoring Tools

Posted on June 20, 2025 by way0utwest

Part of my Redgate work is with customers who need to monitor their database servers. With estates growing quickly, both in scale and types of database platforms used, keeping an eye on everything can be challenging. Add in the lack … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2025 Excitement

Posted on June 18, 2025 by way0utwest

Are you looking forward to SQL Server 2025? Or perhaps you think this is just another release, or perhaps you are not looking for new features or capabilities in your environment. Maybe you don’t care about new things, but are … Continue reading →

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Patching the Patch

Posted on June 16, 2025 by way0utwest

I had to make a few changes to a SQL Saturday event recently. The repo is public, and some of the organizers submit PRs for their changes, and others send me an email/message/text/etc. for a change. In this case, an … Continue reading →

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What is a Failed Deployment?

Posted on June 13, 2025 by way0utwest

When talking about DevOps, the goal is to produce better software over time. Both better quality as well as a smoother process of getting bits to your clients. There are a number of metrics typically used to measure how well … Continue reading →

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