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The Case for Patching
Recently I was testing a feature in SQL Server on 2017 and 2019. There was supposed to be an improvement across versions, but I didn’t see it. Then I realized that I was on SQL Server 2019 CU 2 on … Continue reading
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Tagged administration, Database Weekly, patching
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How Often Do You Patch?
I saw two things recently. First, CU25 for SQL Server 2017 was released. I realized that I was CU8 locally, so I had work to do. Second, I noticed that SQL Server 2016 fell out of mainstream support on 13 … Continue reading
Patching Challenges
In my career, I’ve had to manage many production database instances. In fact, there was a time when two of us were patching hundreds of instances (600?) when MS released patches. That wasn’t too often back then, unlike the every … Continue reading
Versions and Patches in SQL Monitor
SQL Monitor has grown from a basic alerting system to an amazing product over the years. From it’s early days as SQL Response, where Brad and I weren’t sure this was a good idea to the current version that has … Continue reading
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