Learn how a linked server caused an issue with Gallium Data.
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In this article we look at how to backup a SQL Server 2022 database using AWS S3 storage along with all the supported backup options.
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Join Grant Fritchey in this 35 minute video to learn his top tips for evaluating monitoring tools and vendors, the common pitfalls when implementing a new solution, and how you can demonstrate Return on Investment (ROI) to the business post-purchase.
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In this article we look at how to configure AWS to allow backup and restore from a SQL Server 2022 database using AWS S3 storage.
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How does one check that a database is definitively at the version that Flyway says it is? Or that a test teardown procedure leaves no trace in the database? Or verify that an undo script returns a database's metadata to that state it should be in for the version to which you're rolling back? This article shows how to do high-level version checks, by comparing JSON models.
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Learn to calculate Start / First of Week, End of Week, Start of Next Week, Year, Quarter, and Month of the week, Week Numbers and more in T-SQL (Jeff Moden)
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Frequent deployments can give you greater flexibility in meeting changing business requirements, but if code quality is poor this may cause major headaches for your customers and your whole organization. Join Microsoft Data Platform MVP, and AWS Community Builder Grant Fritchey to discover the benefits of, and best practices for frequent deployments.
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Learn how you can adjust the way users interact with reports and change font sizes as well as add parameters for filtering.
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