A health check for an inherited server reviews backups, access, configuration, error logs, and jobs before anyone changes the system.
Sending a Microsoft Teams Alert From a SQL Server Agent Job
Send a Teams alert from a failed SQL Server Agent job with a Workflows webhook, PowerShell, SQL Server 2025 REST calls, and mail fallback.
SQLAuthority News – Download – SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit
Download the SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit by Microsoft to learn how to build web applications with the new data types in SQL Server 2008.
A Weekly Routine for SQL Server Administration
A weekly routine for SQL Server Administration checks recovery, failures, capacity, integrity, security, and pending changes in a practical order.
Standard DBA Reports You Can Write in T-SQL
Standard DBA reports can use T-SQL to show backup age, database sizes, job failures, login changes, and errors in one weekly review.
Planning for Data Growth
Planning for data growth uses backup and file trends, workload events, storage lead times, and a dated request for more capacity.
SQLAuthority News – 900th Article – 9 Best Practices – Important Milestones
Today is my 900th article on this blog. You can see list of all the 900 articles here. I suggest you go over the list and read any article you like.