Length limit of the Run and RunOnce registry keys
Microsoft has had the registry keys for Run and RunOnce in the registry since the registry was introduced in Windows 95 and Windows NT 4. But in the 20+ years that those keys have been there (and I’ve used them for a variety of things) I’ve never known that there was a limit on the…
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When does it make sense to move to the cloud?
Moving to the cloud isn’t for everyone. When the cloud providers first launched their cloud platforms their approach, and marketing message, was for the most part that everything should be running in the cloud. And they were pushing that message hard. Today however we have a much friendlier, cuddlier cloud and the cloud providers understand…
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Obscurity is not Security
We’ve all heard the argument that using a different TCP port number for SQL, other than 1433, is more secure. Here’s the truth, it isn’t. Andy said it best here in a conversation on Twitter that happened in the #sqlhelp hash tag. If you think that hiding your SQL Servers on a different TCP port…
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Why do I fly all over the world giving presentations?
I travel, a lot. A lot of my travel is to go speak at events somewhere in the world. I’ve had the privilege of being able to travel to 4 continents and 12 countries (that I can think of) giving presentations on Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure. Why do I do it? To give…
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