Source Control – The Best GUI For Productivity

Source control is quintessential to a productive development environment. A well maintained and organized source control system is akin to having known-good database backups. Having the right tools to interface with source control is just as important!

Stability and Reporting – Love at First Sight

Stability and reporting go hand in hand. You cannot truly have stability without reporting. Take the time to share the stability successes with the business. Let them revel in the successes you have brought to the enterprise data footprint.

Tech Debt – Free Yourself from the Precipice

No matter how you name it, “hairball”, “spaghetti code”, “tech debt” or “DIY code”, the result is the same – you are dealing with legacy code that nobody wants to update or maintain.

Your Quick Introduction to Extended Events in Analysis Services

XEvents is a power tool in SQL Server. While it may still be rather immature in the world of SSAS, it still has a great deal of benefit and power to offer.

Firewall Ports You Need to Open for Availability Groups

This article has demonstrated a meaningful and efficient method to test and validate the necessary firewall ports for Availability Groups (AG) and WFC.

Negative Port Numbers

Validating your server setup is an integral component of your duties as a SQL Server DBA. When performing those validations, it is possible to run into an intriguing difference in reported port values.

Get a List of Files with Data

The trick here is to find a way to search thousands of files quickly and filter easily the bad from the good. Sounds like an opportunity for an automation or script.