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SQL Vulnerability Assessment Available in SSMS

December 7, 2017 by Thomas LaRock
SQL Vulnerability Assessment Scan Results

The SQL Vulnerability Assessment (VA) feature in now available in SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio)!

Categories Data Security and Privacy, MSSQL, SQL MVP, SQL Server Performance Tags data security, SQL, sql server, SSMS, vulnerability assessment 6 Comments

Restoring SQL Server Database on Linux Using SQL Operations Studio

November 22, 2017 by Thomas LaRock
copy sql server backup file to docker container

You are looking at SQL Server, running on Linux, in a Docker container, on my iMac, connected through SQL Operations Studio.

Categories MSSQL, SQL MVP Tags backup, Docker, iMac, Linux, restore, sql server 6 Comments

Hacking Speaker Idol

November 9, 2017 by Thomas LaRock
The first (and only) selfie taken from the PASS Summit stage.

Last week at the annual PASS Summit I served as emcee for the Speaker Idol contest. As a result, this was the first time I would attend all four Speaker Idol sessions. In fact, before last week, I had never attended even one full Speaker Idol session.

Categories PASS, Professional Development, SQL MVP Tags PASS, Speaker Idol, sql server, Summit 1 Comment

Becoming a Query Performance Troubleshooting Expert

November 8, 2017 by Thomas LaRock
Query Performance Troubleshooting Expert

Every DBA wants to become an expert in query performance troubleshooting. Not every DBA is willing to put in the time and effort it takes to become an expert.

Categories MSSQL, PASS, Professional Development, SQL MVP, SQL Server Performance Tags MSSQL, performance, performance tuning, sql server, Troubleshooting 2 Comments

On Speaking

October 31, 2018October 31, 2017 by Thomas LaRock
piano bar

It was then, right then, at that moment in a hotel lobby piano bar in Barcelona, that I decided I would focus on SQL Server as a career.

Categories PASS, Professional Development, SQL MVP Tags Professional Development, speaking, sql server 4 Comments

Audit SQL Server Jobs

October 12, 2017 by Thomas LaRock
SQL Server Audit Log File

In this post I will show you how to audit SQL Server jobs. If anyone adds, deletes, or modifies a job you can track who did what, and when.

Categories Data Security and Privacy, MSSQL, SQL Azure, SQL MVP Tags data privacy, data security, database audit specification, SQL, sql audit, sql server, sql server audit 6 Comments
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