Tag Archives: sql server

Oct 2, 2017 is the GA date for SQL Server 2017

Posted on September 25, 2017 by way0utwest

Announced today at Microsoft Ignite, the general availability date is Oct 2, for Windows, Linux, and Docker. Time to get ready to upgrade.

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A SQL Server Bug and Data Security

Posted on September 23, 2017 by way0utwest

This week I saw a post from Microsoft Tiger Team on the issues with backup compression and TDE databases. Apparently when they added compression, they didn’t test a few edge cases. Or a few regular cases, like WITH INIT. There … Continue reading →

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SSoL: Adding disk space with a repartition

Posted on August 1, 2017 by way0utwest

I don’t think most of us need to know Linux, but if you end up managing a system, it’s good to have a little idea of how to get around. This is a short series of posts as I remember … Continue reading →

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Backup Log to Nul– #SQLNewBlogger

Posted on July 31, 2017 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This is also a part of a basic series on git and how to use it. There are times … Continue reading →

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