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  • Beyond VARBINARY: How to Store PDFs in SQL Server Using FILESTREAM and FileTable
  • Free SQL Server Spring Training on Performance Tuning

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brentozar.com /1 month ago

SQLBits Bonus: Free Fundamentals + Mastering Bundle for My Training Day Attendees

Good news! My training day workshop, Dev/Prod Demon Hunters, was sold out, but Bits just moved me into the auditorium with way more capacity and space for you to stretch out. Plus,...

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sqlservercentral.com /1 month ago

Beyond VARBINARY: How to Store PDFs in SQL Server Using FILESTREAM and FileTable

Hello, dear blog reader. Today’s post is coming to you straight from the home office, ready to talk about a topic that comes up more than you’d think: storing... The post Beyond VA...

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brentozar.com /3 weeks ago

Free SQL Server Spring Training on Performance Tuning

Times and tech are changing quickly. Let’s get you up to speed on the latest developments to do your work more quickly with a series of free live webcasts. How to Tune Indexes Fast...

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brentozar.com /1 month ago

Building My Dev/Prod Demon Hunters Session, Part 2: The Tactics

This week at the SQLBits conference in Newport, I’m teaching an all-new all-day session called Dev-Prod Demon Hunters: Finding the Real Cause of Production Slowness. It filled up i...

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sqlservercentral.com /1 week ago

Session Materials for Techorama & DataGrillen 2026

I’ve uploaded the slides for my Techorama session Microsoft Fabric for Dummies and my DataGrillen session Building the €100 data warehouse with the Azure Data Platform to Github. I...

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brentozar.com /1 month ago

Announcing the Panel Lineup for My SQLBits Cloud Discussion

At SQLBits, I’m hosting a panel discussion called 20 Years of the Cloud: What Changed, What Didn’t, and What’s Next. I’m excited to share the panel lineup – all of the links go to...

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sqlservercentral.com /1 month ago

How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC

It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application, and when you open SSMS to investigate, the connection spinner just keeps spinning. SQL Server... The pos...

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365community.online /1 month ago

Beyond SELECT in Microsoft Fabric: Why T‑SQL Still Controls Cost, Performance, and Governance in Modern Data Platforms

Most organizations believe modern platforms like Microsoft Fabric made T‑SQL optional. On the surface, pipelines run, reports refresh, and stakeholders see charts — so it is easy t...

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sqlservercentral.com /1 month ago

SWAG Saves the Day

PASS Summit East is in one week. I was on the road last week in the UK and then Houston for the Houston AI-lytics event. I had been a... The post SWAG Saves the Day appeared first...

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brentozar.com /1 month ago

[Video] Office Hours: Microsoft Database Q&A

Let’s go through a LOT of your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento on a VERY early Saturday morning. 00:00 Start 01:52 DBAInAction: Hi Brent Microsoft just ann...

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sqlservercentral.com /1 month ago

T-SQL Tuesday #197 – An impactful session or two from a conference – RECAP

Thanks to everyone who joined the blog party this month. I noticed three themes in the responses. Every response had one or more of these themes woven into their... The post T-SQL...

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sqlservercentral.com /1 month ago

T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference

I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new to this blog party, I encourage you to check out the rules. If you are... The post T-SQL Tuesday #197 I...

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sqlservercentral.com /2 weeks ago

SSMS Evaluation – future ready

In previous posts, we looked at the SQL Server engine. for us DBAs, the SSMS plays an important role for handling/Managing SQL Server. we have been using these tools... The post SS...

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365community.online /1 month ago

Stop Writing SQL: Use Copilot Studio for Fabric Data

Opening — The Real Bottleneck Isn’t Data, It’s Language Everyone swears their company is “data‑driven.” Then they open SQL Management Studio and freeze. The dashboard may as well s...

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brentozar.com /1 month ago

SQL Server 2025 CU4 Adds Automatic Updates

Big news for everyone who has to manage Microsoft SQL Server, whether they’re DBAs, sysadmins, or developers. Seven years ago, Microsoft announced automatic, downtime-free hot patc...

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sqlservercentral.com /1 week ago

QUOTENAME Basics: #SQLNewBlogger

Recently I ran across some code that used a lot of QUOTENAME() calls. A colleague was having some trouble with the code, but what struck me was that I... The post QUOTENAME Basics:...

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365community.online /2 days ago

Use R with SQL Server: Combining R and SQL

Summary Here’s a story: a team trained a model, and everything worked fine — until their dataset doubled. Suddenly, their R pipeline crawled to a halt. The culprit? Compute context...

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sqlservercentral.com /1 week ago

Databases and AI Agents

As part of my wider work exploring Claude Code and AI-assisted database engineering, I have been looking at how AI can support SQL Server operations. A failed job, missed... The po...

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sqlservercentral.com /1 month ago

Questions and Answers from Running a Local LLM

I had a few random questions from my Running a Local LLM on Your Laptop session at the Houston AI-lytics 2026 event last week, so this post looks at... The post Questions and Answe...

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sqlservercentral.com /2 weeks ago

Redgate and Rome

I’m at the UK Redgate office today, meeting with senior leaders in all areas of the business. I was honored to be awarded a spot in our President’s Club.... The post Redgate and Ro...

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sqlservercentral.com /2 weeks ago

PowerShell Newbie – Variables

This is Week 2 of PowerShell Strikes Back – a four-week May series for SQL Server DBAs who have dabbled in PowerShell but never stopped to nail down the... The post PowerShell Newb...

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snoopj.blog /1 month ago

My Journey of Microsoft SQL Server Installs with Ansible Automation Platform

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sqlservercentral.com /1 day ago

SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO

SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO The purpose of this article is to introduce a PowerShell script that I wrote and published on... The post SQL Server...

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sqlservercentral.com /4 days ago

PowerShell Strikes Back: A New Script

This is it. The final chapter of PowerShell Strikes Back. Over the past four weeks, you’ve built a real foundation. You know that single quotes are literal and double... The post P...

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