Best Sqlserver Podcasts (2025)

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פרק 187 - CDC על שום מה 38:50

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4d ago38:50

38:50

גיא ואיתן מדברים על CDC, מה ההבדל בינו לבין Change Tracking, איך זה עובד, אתגרים מעניינים, סקריפטים שימושיים, טיפים, ועוד. קישורים רלוונטים: Change Data Capture Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL) - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn sys.sp_cdc_enable_table (Transact-SQL) - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn sys.sp_cdc_disable_table (Transact-SQL) - SQL Server | …

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Cleaning Up the Cloud 2:49

6d ago2:49

2:49

Recently, I got a bill from Azure. That's not an unusual thing for many of you, but for me it was a surprise because it said I was late paying. I've had a number of services running, and I thought at first that I had left something running too long, like a VM. As I checked, most of the things were paused, even the expensive ones like a Synapse work…

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PRs Are Like Trouble Tickets 3:25

8d ago3:25

3:25

I've spent quite a bit of my career as a DBA/sysadmin/Operations person. However, I've had my share of development positions as well. As I work with customers who look to mature their database development to be more like other software development, I've noticed that PRs sometimes don't get handled as smoothly as we might like. In some sense, they a…

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Chosing an AI Model in Sept 2025 4:19

10d ago4:19

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Some of you out there are positive about AI and looking to use them. Some of you aren't too thrilled with the tools and might avoid using them. I think that not learning to harness the power of an AI is a mistake. This technology is going to change the world in many ways and you need to learn how it can help you. You also should learn where the sha…

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Don't Forget About Financial Skills 3:21

13d ago3:21

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I get a regular email from Quora, with questions that I might be able to answer or might be of interest to me. There are some database questions, some Tesla ones, and others, but recently I caught an interesting one that asked: why are most people broke? To be fair, there are a lot of questions that appear to be trolling, not people seeking answers…

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Thanks for the memories 4:10

13d ago4:10

4:10

Companeros, all good things must come to an end. While the details of what is next is uncertain, my time with the podcast is coming to an end. A quick thank you and a glimpse of what is next.

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Getting More Time from AI 3:59

15d ago3:59

3:59

As I get older, I find that time is the most valuable commodity I have. It's the one thing that I need more of, but I can't get it. Even if I find more efficient ways of doing things, it seems there's an endless list of things at work and on the ranch that need to be done. It seems to be the same for most of my friends in other jobs, whether in med…

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All the Costs of Downtime 4:36

17d ago4:36

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I studied economics in university, which isn't that close to database work, though I did have to work through linear regression problems by hand. I always enjoyed mathematics, so this wasn't a hardship. Until I purchased a PC that was capable of letting me do graphs and calculations in PASCAL and BASIC. Then I realized that my enjoyment wasn't that…

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Remembering Phil Factor 2:40

20d ago2:40

2:40

One of the most prolific and popular authors at Simple Talk has been Phil Factor. He wrote many pieces on all aspects of database work and has probably written more articles on the Redgate Product Learning site than anyone else. He has entertained, informed, and inspired many database professionals in his many years as an author. Phil, aka Andrew, …

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Pushing the Limits of AGs 3:09

22d ago3:09

3:09

Many of you reading this likely have an Availability Group (AG) set up on at least one database in your organization. Maybe not most, but many of you as this has proven to be a technology that many people like for HA/DR, upgrades, and probably other uses. As the technology has evolved from it's SQL Server 2012 debut, it has improved in many ways. T…

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AI Steals Joy 2:52

24d ago2:52

2:52

Take a moment and think about how much work you do each day. If you write code, how much time do you actually spend writing code around meetings, admin work, and other tasks. If you manage systems and develop scripts, how often do you get to work on a script, change it, upgrade it, or add a new feature? I bet it's a minority of time for most of you…

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The Security of Old Tech 4:05

27d ago4:05

4:05

There has been a lot of news about air traffic problems in the US in 2025. I haven't had any delays due to this, though I've gotten a few messages in my travels that I might want to reschedule. There was an article that some of the technology still used in various facilities is old and needs upgrading. Old as in Windows 95 and floppy disks. That's …

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Password Guidance 2:50

29d ago2:50

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I remember working at a large organization with a team of other IT Operations staffers. We rotated this one job every month amongst a few people, each taking turns, where we'd lose a day to update all the privileged passwords for our servers. This was before Managed Service Accounts and the cloud, when we were required to change these every 30 days…

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Episode 179 - SQL Server 2025 RC0 announced and weird latch timeouts 34:40

1M ago34:40

34:40

Guy and Eitan discuss several interesting announcements and updates from Microsoft related to SQL Server and VS Code. And also Eitan talks about a weird issue he encountered involving page latch time-outs during DBCC CHECK command. Please fill out the SQL Server on Linux adoption survey here! Thank you! Relevant links: Higher log rate for business …

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Requiring Technical Debt Payments 3:38

1M ago3:38

3:38

I was working with a customer recently that is trying to improve their processes. This was a large company, over 100,000 employees, though most of them aren't in the technology area. However, across many divisions and groups, there are a lot of developers and operations personnel who have tended to work in silos, managing their own applications and…

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פרק 186 - על אחת כמה וכמה באגים 34:33

1M ago34:33

34:33

גיא ואיתן מספרים על מספר באגים מעניינים ומיוחדים שנתקלו בהם בחודש האחרון ב-SQL Server. קישורים רלוונטיים: parameter sensitive plan (PSP) optimization produces a dispatcher expression but fails to create a query variant when an application attempts to use the SET FMTONLY ON T-SQL statement to return only metadata. microsoft-dbas-club/Maintenance/Dat…

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Guidelines and Requirements 3:15

1M ago3:15

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I saw a post from Brent that Microsoft had changed the default memory guidance. At first glance I read this as they'd changed the default values, which would be interesting. However, this is a guideline, set to 75%. I also saw a few thoughts from Randolph West on LinkedIn, and quite a few comments. The comments were interesting in a few ways. It is…

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Concerns over AI Chat Privacy 3:07

1M ago3:07

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One of the major concerns for using GenAI tools is who is reading the data you submit as a prompt, and will this data be used in future training of the model? In other words, could someone using a future model access the data I put in a GenAI chat? It's a valid concern, and not just because of the vendors. There is a lawsuit over the use of data by…

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Data Sovereignty in the Cloud 3:11

1M ago3:11

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I remember the court case years ago when the US government wanted to access data in Azure that was physically stored in Ireland. I wrote lightly about this and linked to the article back in 2020. This has typically been more of a concern for the EU (and other countries) than the US, but I'm sure there are organizations in the US that use the cloud …

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Ghostworkers 3:26

1M ago3:26

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Ghostworking is pretending to be busy at work. According to this article, it's on the rise with a number of people looking for other remote opportunities at other organizations. Some employees might be just wasting time at the office, though I suspect there is a minority that are actually working at another (second) job. Maybe they are growing a si…

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Your Favorite Improvement 3:14

2M ago3:14

3:14

SQL Server 2025 is out in preview form. CTP 2.0 is available for you to test, and there are quite a few changes that have been added to the platform. Some of these are already in the cloud, but this is your chance to test them in your environment. This is version 17.x, though I don't know we've really had 17 versions to work with. In any case, ther…

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Can You Ask for a Raise? 3:45

2M ago3:45

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I mean, you can ask for a raise. It's always an option, but is now the time to ask for a raise in this economic climate, where businesses can be unsettled and there are a lot of tech workers looking for jobs. I even saw a piece that noted many computer science graduates are struggling to get hired at the top tech firms. While that's not where most …

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The Next Great Thing 3:24

2M ago3:24

3:24

At SQL Bits, I was chatting with Brent about a few things, including AI, which we think is changing the world. I've got my set of AI experiments going, and I do believe we will fundamentally alter work and how we use computers in the future. Not sure if it's for the better or worse, but things are changing and will change more. Read the rest of The…

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Who is Using Standard Edition? 1:52

2M ago1:52

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For many years, most of the SQL Server installations I managed or deployed to were Standard Edition. Even in large companies that had agreements with Microsoft, since each instance had a cost (even at a discount), we were careful about where we installed Enterprise Edition. These days with Microsoft wanting to charge everyone for every core, it mak…

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Carrots and Sticks 2:23

2M ago2:23

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Often, we work on projects that might span a significant amount of time. Weeks, months, even years can be devoted to working on one system, or the same system. We may find that our motivation rises and wanes at different times. We get excited and motivated to get things done, and also become discouraged or distracted when challenges arise. Not all …

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Episode 178 - AI is another thing to babysit 36:50

2M ago36:50

36:50

Guy and Eitan discuss security-related best practice scripts, and several interesting AI topics. Relevant links: microsoft-dbas-club/Security and Compliance/Check_Passwords_SQL_Server_Generated.sql microsoft-dbas-club/Security and Compliance/Best Practice Checks/Invalid_owner_for_system_schema_role_or_database.sql microsoft-dbas-club/Security and C…

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Storage Enhancements 2:54

2M ago2:54

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There was a time when I knew a lot about the various storage technologies available for a database. It was important when designing a server around the various requirements for size and performance balanced against the limitations of hardware. The rapid growth of solid state storage and the adoption of storage area networks have changed the game fo…