Tag Archives: administration

More Interactive Notebooks from MS Docs

Posted on August 11, 2021 by way0utwest

I saw a note from Microsoft recently that they are trying to improve some of the support experiences for customers that are going through their docs. The idea is to make it easier for a customer to get a rich … Continue reading →

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Deploying SQL Server Automatically

Posted on July 31, 2021 by way0utwest

I’ve had to install SQL Server many times over the years. Often it has felt that most of these installs were one-offs, a dev server, a new QA instance, a production server for a brand new application. A few times … Continue reading →

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Essential Operations

Posted on April 22, 2021 by way0utwest

It would seem obvious, but IT Operations staff are often essential to ensuring that systems and business can keep running. From websites to email to VPNs, many of the companies in which I’ve worked don’t have systems that will run … Continue reading →

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Security Updates for SQL Server Jan 2021–CVE-2021-1636

Posted on January 13, 2021 by way0utwest

There was a security bulletin (CVE-2021-1636) for SQL Server, an elevation of Privilege vulnerability that could be exploited when an Extended Event session is running. SQL Server has released a number of patches. You can see them on the Release … Continue reading →

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