SQL Server database administration is difficult; queries and indexes require tuning in response to application changes. For many database...
We are excited to announce the release of SQL Compliance Manager 5.8. SQL Compliance Manager is the industry leading SQL Server auditing solution...
We are pleased to announce the release of Precise 10.2, the company’s application performance monitoring platform. This latest release...
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If your laptop battery is going low too soon, or you’d like to investigate related issues, there is a simple way to generate an extensive...
The tremendous popularity of the open-source relational database solution known as MySQL shows no signs of slowing down. As of June 2020, the only...
Today, organizations are about data. Database systems and the elements they store are arguably the most valuable assets in any given enterprise. Not...
The PowerShell Gallery provides easy access to additional PowerShell commands. For example, you can download and install the command extension for...
The executable process that is the SQL Server Database Engine is called the Database Engine service. The Database Engine service is an executable...
Windows Failover Clustering can keep your SQL Server databases online and your customers happy when hardware or operating system problems strike....
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To manage and automate your assets in the Azure cloud, you can easily install a free PowerShell module which comes with a wealth of new PowerShell...
Understanding how SQL Server can be infiltrated is the key to understanding how to prevent intrusions. The consequences for inadequate permissions...
Modern organizations use their data resources for many essential activities. The information contained in enterprise databases is used to drive...
In the previous tip we illustrated how you can dump all Wi-Fi profile names using netsh.exe. Typically, profile names and SSIDs are identical....
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The reliance on digitally stored information continues to grow and now dominates society in the 21st Century. The use of the Internet for business...
In the previous tip we used netsh.exe to dump Wi-Fi profiles. Let’s take it a step further and expose the cached passwords: # get cleartext...
SQL Server provides robust capabilities to monitor itself, and it can be easy to be overwhelmed with the choices presented through catalog or...
A database needs users to provide any value to an organization. While it might be instructive from an academic point of view to simply collect large...
The security of any database can be improved. However, that likely degrades the performance of the database. The cost increases to improve database...
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Data is the driving force in business these days. Organizations rely on their information resources to make informed decisions regarding all aspects...
Individuals in many different fields of endeavor make use of tools or processes that exhibit a certain degree of consistency. Finding something that...