How to Check if Your Database Server Is Protected Against Meltdown and Spectre
Last week I wrote about the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. Today I want to show you how to check if your database server is protected against Meltdown and Spectre.
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Microsoft Connect: Resolved (Won’t Fix)
Last week we learned that the forum at https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/Feedback for SQL Server product feedback was being closed. Launched in 2005, Connect was the primary website for the general public to use for feedback. This was where we went to file features requests and bugs. I’m not going to tell you that the past 12 years … Read more
What’s In Your Database?
I think we should all take time to ask ourselves the simple question, “What’s in your database?”
Azure Cosmos DB Rising in Latest DB-Engines Monthly Rankings
The latest DB-Engines Database Rankings are available, and it shows that Microsoft continues to gain ground on Oracle/MySQL: I’ve been following the DB-Engines ranking for a few years and would encourage you to do the same. The rankings are not an exact science. You can read for yourself how they are calculated. One thing … Read more
Microsoft MVP For the Ninth Time
I am happy, honored, and humbled to receive the Microsoft MVP award for the ninth straight year. I can still recall my first award and how it got caught in the company spam folder. Good times.
2016 Microsoft MVP Summit Preview
This will be my 8th MVP Summit and I am as excited for this one as I was for my first. There’s a lot of reasons why, and I’m going to do m
