Best Sqlserver Podcasts (2024)

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Seagull Management 3:14

10h ago3:14

3:14

Last year, I read Surrender, a book by U2 lead singer, Bono. Bill Gates listed this as one of the top books to read at one point, so I picked it up and dove in. I have enjoyed U2s music since I was in high school, and was interested to hear what made Bill Gates recommend his book. The book is partially a journey of U2, but mostly a look at how Bono…

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Missing the Office 2:56

2d ago2:56

2:56

Recently I traveled to visit a customer who has an in-the-office culture. They have multiple large buildings outside a major US city and almost all their employees (7000+) live nearby and are expected to be in the office the whole week. More senior people can opt for 4 10-hour shifts rather than 5 8-hour shifts, but with few exceptions, they have p…

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Episode 275: Machine Learning and Power BI 44:42

2d ago44:42

44:42

What kinds of problems are organizations solving with Machine Learning? In this episode, we explore a situation where a public works department was looking for more accurate information to predict future water levels based on rainfall to maintain water tank storage for balancing pressure and to prevent overflow flooding. Marathon data solutions con…

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When Are Your Breaks? 2:30

7d ago2:30

2:30

As I work through 2024, I found myself doing a little more vacation planning this year than in previous ones. In 2022 I traveled quite a bit, but my wife went with me often. We went to Europe 5 times that year and added quite a few vacation days around my work trips. My wife thought that was a great year. Last year, 2023, was different. I traveled …

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The Code Freeze 3:51

9d ago3:51

3:51

One of the ideas behind DevOps is that we minimize the time between code commit and deployment to production. We want to avoid work-in-progress and bottlenecks to getting our software into the hands of customers. This has led a lot of companies to release more often, albeit with smaller sets of features. The total number of things delivered under D…

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Episode 162 - Backups and Recovery, RTO, RPO, and RCO 35:55

10d ago35:55

35:55

Guy and Eitan talk about some interesting news from Microsoft about SQL Server in Azure. And also discuss the topic of Backups and Recovery, RTO, RPO, RCO, and database Integrity Checks. Relevant links: Microsoft Copilot in Azure extends capabilities to Azure SQL Database (Private Preview) - Microsoft Community Hub Regex in SQL DB (microsoft.com) S…

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פרק 169 - DBAs: the SeQueL 37:23

11d ago37:23

37:23

מה העתיד צופן לנו ה-DBA-ים? מה כדאי לנו לעשות לגבי הקריירות שלנו? גלו כל זאת ועוד בפרק ההמשך של.... ה-DBA-ים! קישורים רלוונטיים: Microsoft DBAS Club | Meetup DBA's Community | MADEIRA (madeiradata.com) Data Leaders | MADEIRA (madeiradata.com) DevGeekWeek2024 (johnbryce.co.il) ROW_NUMBER (Transact-SQL) - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn Microsoft Copilo…

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When is it time for a new job? 3:16

14d ago3:16

3:16

I subscribe to quite a few newsletters, and one of them is for job hunters. I have a great job, maybe the best job for me, but I like to keep in touch with what's going on because I, well, I have job insecurity and worry about being without a job. I think this is leftover from childhood. I also want to know how to help others in finding their dream…

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Under the Bus 3:43

22d ago3:43

3:43

I've had a good career in database work. I've had success, and I've had some failures, fortunately the former far outpacing the latter. In my career across many companies, the code I've written has tended to work well, or at least well enough. I've managed systems and ensured a high uptime, and solved issues quickly. I have left quite a few jobs in…

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CosmosDB APIs Inside SQL Server 2024 2:03

20d ago2:03

2:03

CosmosDB has been a great data platform in the Azure cloud that helps companies deal with disparate types of data. The CosmosDB APIs include those for MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, and Gremlin. These wire-level protocols let you work in a way that is compatible with those systems for storing data. That's coming to SQL Server. Read the rest of Cos…

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The Journey to Change 3:18

27d ago3:18

3:18

I assume most of you reading this work with SQL Server, at least for some of your workday. I know there are plenty of you who also support Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or some other database platform. The results in our (Redgate's) State of Database Landscape report showed that many organizations, indeed most, have more than one database platform in …

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The Cloud Database Cost Analysis 3:38

26d ago3:38

3:38

There is a skill that I think DBAs and sysadmins will need to develop: cloud cost analysis. I've thought this was important for quite a few years, and I've been (unsuccessfully) lobbying for cost information to be gathered and analyzed in Redgate Monitor. Hopefully, this work will get done soon, as I see more companies asking their technical people…

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Another View of DevOps 2:42

1M ago2:42

2:42

Chocolatey Solutions Engineer Stephen Valdinger said, "DevOps isn’t something you do, but rather, it’s a way of doing things. What works for us here, may not work for you there, so you adjust." He then went on to say that DevOps is a way of working that reduces time to introduce changes, while at the same time making changes traceable, accountable,…

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An Experimental Mindset 2:24

1M ago2:24

2:24

I wrote a post about Git recently since I've found far too many people who didn't know Git well (or at all) and they seemed hesitant to experiment and learn. Is this because of being too busy? Do we have so many people who are working in tech where "it's just a job" and not because they enjoy technology? Or has management in too many places beaten …

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Episode 161 - EXCLUSIVE: Announcing the Biggest Innovation for Azure SQL Managed Instances (Codename: Hermes) 41:51

29d ago41:51

41:51

Niko Neugebauer and Vladimir Ivanovic are our esteemed guests for today, and they have a HUGE announcement to make about Azure SQL Managed Instances. Extra! Extra! 🗞 Hear all about it on this exclusive scoop here at the SQL Server Radio podcast! Relevant links: Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen GP (microsoft.com) Use Next-gen General Purpose serv…

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Re-platforming 4:08

1M ago4:08

4:08

Re-platforming is the process of moving a system to a new platform. Imagine taking an ASP.NET/SQL Server website and moving to Azure Functions on Azure SQL Database. Or maybe taking a Java client/server app with Oracle and moving it to a series of microservices against MongoDB. Those changes could be a net benefit to your organization in the end, b…

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Protecting Off Hours 4:04

1M ago4:04

4:04

Legislation was introduced in Australia to allow employees to protect themselves from unreasonable calls and emails from work during off-hours. You can read more about it, but a bill was passed to allow employees to ignore calls and messages without repercussion It is expected to pass, though I don't expect this to do a lot for bad bosses. They'll …

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Growing Skills at Work 3:17

1M ago3:17

3:17

Redgate released the results of their State of Database Landscape recently, and I was part of a webinar where Beca Parker, Ryan Booz, and I discussed the results. As we were talking, one of the things that struck me was the high number of people who had picked skills as being a challenge for their organization. In a single environment, skillset req…

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Navigating the Database Landscape 3:25

1M ago3:25

3:25

The title of our keynote session at the Redgate Summit in Atlanta is Navigating the Database Landscape, and I'll be delivering part of the talk, along with Grant Fritchey and Kathi Kellenberger today, Mar 13. This is based on the State of Database Landscape Survey results, as well as our experience working with customers and implementing DevOps sol…

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Is This a Good DBA Job Description? 3:32

2M ago3:32

3:32

I saw this on one of the syndicated SQL Server Central blogs: Job Description of a DBA. This is mostly a list of things, but it covers a lot of the general types of things that many of us expect a DBA to do. However, my question is whether you think this is a good description for a job opening. Would you ask someone to fill this list of things? May…

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Assistants in the Age of AI 2:59

2M ago2:59

2:59

When I started working for a living, there were secretaries in many organizations. These were people who actually did a lot of correspondence (written or verbal) and busy work for managers or executives. Over time, as email and computers became commonplace on desks, I saw fewer of these positions. As more people started to send email, we had to act…

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Creating Candidate Interest 3:40

2M ago3:40

3:40

It can be hard to find candidates for positions these days. I know there are a lot of people looking for jobs, but are they the ones you want? Are they a good fit for your team? Those are hard questions to answer when culling through resumes, conducting phone screens, and sitting in interview rooms asking questions from a template. What can be even…

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פרק 168 - עתיד תפקיד ה-DBA-ים העוסקים בפלטפורמות מרובות 37:27

2M ago37:27

37:27

לגיא יש חדשות מרעישות, איתן מספר על חוויותיו ב-DATATLV, ואנחנו פותחים בדיון מעניין על המצב הנוכחי של תחום ה-DBA המודרני: האם כדאי להתמחות בכמה פלטפורמות כי זה מה שיותר ויותר ארגונים רוצים? או שיותר נכון להתמחות “לעומק” בפלטפורמה מסויימת? כל זאת ועוד בפרק מרתק שאסור לפספס! קישורים רלוונטיים: Datatlv.com CI and CD with SSDT Part 1 - Development Lifec…

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Using AI for Security 3:11

2M ago3:11

3:11

AI (Artificial Intelligence) systems and technology has been all over our industry for the past year or so, ever since ChatGPT released the initial public version in late 2022. It seems that there is a lot of hype around the possibilities, with plenty of excitement and skepticism, depending on who is talking about the tech. However, there do seem t…

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The Art of the Code Review 2:21

2M ago2:21

2:21

The inspiration for this was a piece about the art of the good code review. Throughout my career, I've seen code reviews grow and change. From formal meetings to automated notifications and asynchronous discussions to complete lip service to the process. I'd like to think that most organizations are beyond the latter and there is some sort of revie…

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The Dangers of Not Upgrading 4:09

2M ago4:09

4:09

About ten years ago my sister-in-law broke the screen on her mobile phone. She'd had an older iPhone and when she went to upgrade, none of the upgrade processes worked because her OS was so far behind that they couldn't transfer her information smoothly. She had been avoiding OS updates because they interrupted her life, but that was now a problem …

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Free SQL Server 3:42

2M ago3:42

3:42

No, I don't have a way to license a SQL Server instance for your application for free. Microsoft still charges for production workloads. However, there are several ways that you can do development or testing for free, or at a greatly reduced cost. Bob Ward spent a bit of time researching options and he's written a post that outlines a number of you…

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