In this post I explore the impact of SQL Server 2025’s PBKDF2 hashing algorithm on password cracking and compare it with SQL Server 2022. Spoiler: SQL Server 2025’s PBKDF2 hashing …

In this post I cover a fairly common VM CPU configuration mistake that may end up hurting your SQL Server’s performance and wasting licensing money. Intro It’s not uncommon that …

This post covers creating SQL Server 2025 containers in Podman, Qnap Container Station, and sqlcmd, and restoring a sample database to test the new version. Prerequisites For Podman and go-sqlcmd, …

This short blog post covers a potentially breaking change that comes with the version of sqlcmd shipped with SQL Server 2025. Issue SQL Server 2025 provides ODBC sqlcmd version 17 …

This post covers, in detail, system object changes in SQL Server 2025 versus 2022 that I was able to find, as well as differences in the install kit. I saw …

If you’ve ever been curios about ways to view SQL Server system objects’ definitions, to see what your favorite system objects do behind the scenes then this blog post is …

SQL Server 2025 Preview was announced Monday during Microsoft’s Build conference, so I figured I’d cover the installation process and first impressions in a blog post. If containers are your …

This post outlines a list of feedback items for SSMS 21 that I believe should be addressed before SSMS 21 goes GA. Note: If you see anything that you agree …

In this post I demo a script I put together to count NULLs in all columns of a given table in SQL Server and store the results in a table. …

This is a brief post containing a query that lists object dependencies in SQL Server for either a specific object or for the entire database. Intro Figuring out object dependencies …