Tag Archives: Database Weekly

Validating Password Expiration

I would guess that the majority of instances I’ve had to manage in my career were those that I didn’t initially install and configure. I’ve inherited more instances than I would bother to count, and I often need to double-check … Continue reading

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Sharing the Code

I don’t know how many of you use the ScriptDOM. I haven’t really used it, but was very impressed with Mala Mahadevan’s Stairway Series on the topic. I have recommended this to a few customers that were looking for some … Continue reading

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AI Concerns

I hosted a webinar a few weeks ago about Artificial Intelligence and how it might affect data professionals. It was an interesting discussion with Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman and Brian Randell, with all of us having slightly different perspectives. Overall, we all … Continue reading

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Has SQL Server Performance Improved?

I saw a very interesting blog post this week from Brent Ozar that asked if SQL Server 2019 More CPU-Intensive Than SQL Server 2016? You can read the post, but a client was having CPU issues and thought everything between … Continue reading

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