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Jul 2024
38m 44s

Episode 165 - News in Azure SQL and Woes...

Guy Glantser, Eitan Blumin
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Guy and Eitan discuss some important and interesting news from Microsoft about SQL Server, Straight Path Solutions publish 30 articles about SQL Server security checks, Guy talks about his experience with Excel, and Eitan is irritated about people still not doing SQL jobs correctly in AlwaysOn Availability Groups.

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