SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups is a technology that was initially released by Microsoft with SQL Server 2012. The main concept, is that you have your data available in more than one sites at the same time. To this end, you have groups of databases that have primary replicas and secondary replicas. These replicas are hosted … Read more…
In a previous article, we talked about what Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is. In this article, we continue this discussion by talking about 10 simple but effective SEO techniques you can perform, in order to make your website more visible to search engines, rank higher and thus drive more organic traffic to your website. … Read more…
What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? One thing is for sure, and that is SEO is a very hot topic nowadays! SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It is the process of optimizing your website in such a way, in order to make it as visible as possible to search engines without having to pay … Read more…
Hi there! We are happy to announce the creation of another new blog category on our website. The name of the new category is “Tech Talk“. Under this category, we will be discussing different topics of general technology interest such as: SEO Windows-related topics Internet of Things (IoT) …and much more! Don’t worry, our main … Read more…
Hi friends, We are excited to let you know that a few days ago, we released the new versions of DBA Security Advisor and In-Memory OLTP Simulator. Besides some performance improvements, the major new enhancement in both tools, is that we have added support for SQL Server 2019. Feel free to download the free trial … Read more…
As we progress as a society, it is inevitable to use Technology even more, in different aspects of our lives. Healthcare, Education and work are just some of them. This is the well know process of “Digitalization”. Digitalization: An Ongoing Process Digitalization, is a huge and ongoing process, with many aspects. Besides all the … Read more…
In a previous article, we have discussed about what Machine Learning is and saw some of its applications. Today, we continue this series of articles, dedicated to Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI), by discussing what SQL Server Machine Learning Services are, and how you can use them, for efficiently implementing high-quality Data … Read more…
What is Machine Learning? Why nowadays everyone talks about it? Can it help mankind solve complex problems? All the above, are some questions that come to our minds when we hear the term “Machine Learning”. In one of previous articles, I explained what Data Science is. In this article, we will talk about Machine Learning, … Read more…
Data Science is one of the hottest topics in Information Technology. Data Science, combined with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI), are already heavily used by many organizations, in order to analyze large sets of structured and unstructured data, also known as Big Data, and transform this data into knowledge and useful information. All that, … Read more…
Hi there! We have some great news to share! We have recently released our new online course titled “Introduction to Data Science and SQL Server Machine Learning“. Data Science, Big Data, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, are the areas of technology that have been significantly evolved over the last few years. These technologies, are already … Read more…
Finding the Windows OS version of a single SQL Server machine is easy. There many ways you can do it. However, what about when you work with hundreds of SQL Server instances? How can you efficiently generate a report with the OS versions? This article discusses some of the methods you can use to find … Read more…
In this article, we are going to see, step by step, how we can connect to SQL Server from a Visual C++ program using an ODBC connection. Prior to start reading, if you are really interested in learning Programming, then you should definitely check my 6-hour online course, “The Philosophy and Fundamentals of Computer Programming“. … Read more…
This short post, discusses about installing SSIS on a SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance and how you can resolve the error message: The instance selected for installation is already installed and clustered on computer [ComputerName]. To continue, select a different instance to cluster. Reproducing the Error Message If you have already deployed a SQL … Read more…
Hi friends. Here’s a quick tip on Windows Clustering and Windows Disk Management and specifically on how to handle the error message “The parameter is incorrect” when working with disks and mount points. Why you get the “Parameter is Incorrect” Error Message Most probably, under certain circumstances, you get the above error message when attempting … Read more…
This post explains the error message you might get in SQL Server: The OLE DB provider “SQLNCLI11” for linked server “[…]” supplied inconsistent metadata for a column. The column “[…]” (compile-time ordinal 1) of object “[query…]” was reported to have a Incomplete schema-error logic. You might get the above error message, when you are trying … Read more…