Category Archives: Editorial

The Journey to Change

I assume most of you reading this work with SQL Server, at least for some of your workday. I know there are plenty of you who also support Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or some other database platform. The results in our … Continue reading

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The Cloud Database Cost Analysis

There is a skill that I think DBAs and sysadmins will need to develop: cloud cost analysis. I’ve thought this was important for quite a few years, and I’ve been (unsuccessfully) lobbying for cost information to be gathered and analyzed … Continue reading

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Another View of DevOps

Chocolatey Solutions Engineer Stephen Valdinger said, “DevOps isn’t something you do, but rather, it’s a way of doing things. What works for us here, may not work for you there, so you adjust.” He then went on to say that … Continue reading

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Auto Renew Subscriptions

This week I saw an announcement from Azure that you can set up auto-renew subscriptions for your reservations for your resources. This allows you to set up auto-renew for reservations to prevent them from not renewing and being charged at … Continue reading

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