FRS to DFS-R SYSVOL Upgrade

As older domains get their functional levels upgraded over the years, Microsoft introduces new technology to enhance how domains work. One of these is replacing FRS with DFS-R for Active Directory’ SYSVOL.

by Paul Harris Dec 26, 2019

Azure Backup for SQL Server 2019

How to backup your important data stored in SQL is something on the minds of many IT professionals. Recently, Azure announced a new feature for backing up SQL servers running in VMs on Azure.

by Paul Harris Nov 27, 2019

Restore an Availability Group Database with PowerShell

This post contains a script that automates the restore of a SQL Server Availability Group database

by Frank Gill Sep 9, 2019

Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Replication without the need of an appliance.

Hyper-V replication allow your environment to replicate from one virtual machine to another virtual machine environment without the need for additional cost of an appliance.

by Joseph Mautino Nov 14, 2017

PASS SQL Saturday April 8, 2017

Thank you to PASS for organizing Madison's SQL Saturday event!
http://www.pass.org/

by Nick Adams Apr 12, 2017

Installing SQL Server on a Domain Controller: What You need to know

SQL Server can often be a very high strung application that has many requirements and best practices to follow. Sometimes hosting several services on one server is necessary with smaller or very lean organizations. Today, we look at the information you need to be aware of when concurrently running SQL Server on a Domain Controller.

by Nick Adams Feb 22, 2017

Finding all SQL Indexes

A look at how to find all of your databases' indexes.

by Nick Adams Jan 23, 2017

Creating Logins and Users in SQL Server

In order for any application to work, Logins are needed to authenticate to the application and Users need to interact and be allowed access to the application. SQL Server is no different. This article will teach you how to create Logins and Users for SQL Server on a relatively high level to begin your understanding of how SQL Server authentication and access is allowed.

by Nick Adams Jan 11, 2017

SQL Server Backups (High Level Overview)

Backing up data in your environment is a no-brainer but HOW to back up your data requires some high level understanding of what backup types are available and how those backups are managed.

by Nick Adams Dec 22, 2016

“Concurrency” (ha no, not our company!) and Locks in SQL Server

SQL Server needs to be able to manage data with many different transactions happening that are reading, updating, inserting, and deleting. Whenever SQL looks at data, it needs to put a lock on the record or object to maintain data integrity and allow stable “concurrency” while the database is being used. There are several different locks that can be put on several fundamental different objects within SQL Server. Let’s look at them.

by Nick Adams Dec 19, 2016

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