SQL Saturday 845 – Session Details

high availability data redundancy too many choices sql saturday

Hello! Thanks for attending! The slides for my SQL Saturday Session on High Availability and Disaster Recovery are below. After the session I’ll update this with links and notes from the talk by end of day Tuesday. Thanks for attending! SQL Server High Availability and DR – Too Many Choices! from Mike Walsh

SQL Server Upgrade Checklist

Last week, I wrapped up the delivery of a 4-part webinar series giving tips about SQL Server upgrades. I talked about how critical a SQL Server Upgrade Checklist is to the success of your SQL Server upgrade projects and promised a checklist. Here it is! This is a free download, no e-mail address required. Check … Read more

After Your SQL Server Upgrade – Upgrading SQL Server Webinar Episode 4

SQL Server Upgrade Webinar Series Week 4

This article is part of our SQL Server Upgrades Made Easy series: Why Upgrade? Before You Upgrade During Your Upgrade After Your Upgrade Recap Chat Upgrading SQL Server – Week 4 “After You Upgrade SQL Server” You can watch the previous 3 weeks on youtube. This is the last video from the webinar portion of the … Read more

During Your SQL Server Upgrade – Upgrading SQL Server Webinar Episode 3

SQL Server Upgrade Webinar Week 3

This article is part of our SQL Server Upgrades Made Easy series: Why Upgrade? Before You Upgrade During Your Upgrade After Your Upgrade Recap Chat Upgrading SQL Server – Week 3 “During Your Upgrade SQL Server” You can watch week one here on the blog or directly on youtube. You can also check out week … Read more

Before you Upgrade Your SQL Server – SQL Server Upgrade Webinar Episode 2

SQLServer Upgrade Webinar

This article is part of our SQL Server Upgrades Made Easy series: Why Upgrade? Before You Upgrade During Your Upgrade After Your Upgrade Recap Chat Upgrading SQL Server – Week 2 “Before you Upgrade SQL Server” You can watch week one here on the blog or directly on youtube. Please consider subscribing to the channel … Read more

DBAs Beware: “Hacker destroys VFEmail service, wipes backups”

My headline is borrowed from a headline on Malwarebytes blog post. In fact, many headlines like it are across the internet right now. This post is going to sound fairly similar to an earlier post I published, “Ex-Admin Deletes All Customer Data and Wipes Servers“. It’s from June of 2017, about a hosting provider who … Read more