<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[SQLRod]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sqlrod]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/my-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:17:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.sqlrod.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Automatic SQL Patch Metadata - Scrape it off my shoe.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Patching, we all know how important it is, for those of us with a presence on prem that is, or even SQL on Azure VM, without the correct...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/automatic-sql-patch-metadata-scrape-it-off-my-shoe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6781568688ddf98ba81473f4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:28:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_350d237ecf7941288a4b4b963b47bd54~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_572,h_635,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Azure VMs Constrained CPU - Hidden in plain sight, can you reduce your  SQL License bill?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ah, SQL, CPUs and licenses... you've got to love it. Our SQL servers have specific loads, patterns and resource requirements. We've...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/azure-vms-constrained-cpu-hidden-in-plain-sight-can-you-reduce-your-sql-license-bill</link><guid isPermaLink="false">677809343621165e48c6f31d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 09:39:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_aa8736f0ad7b4cfc8d91750c116588bc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_470,h_426,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Azure Database Watcher - Every Breath you take, every move you make...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monitoring can be expensive...really expensive.  And while there are open source options available (shameless self promotion here for a...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/azure-database-watcher-every-breath-you-take-every-move-you-make</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6717f632be9f36249f75db1a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:51:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_3ffe55b1fcc2449283c0211a27496f92~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_626,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constrained Delegation and Power BI Gateway SSO or SSRS - Delegation... oooo..ooo delegation, it's what we need...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ah, the elderly parent, the old warhorse SQL Server Reporting Services, and the young(ish) upstart Power BI and its On Premises Data...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/constrained-delegation-and-power-bi-gateway-sso-or-ssrs-delegation-oooo-ooo-delegation-it-s-w</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6586c49f5eded0130a62fddb</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 09:40:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_dc1b48b620c546b4831e5bebda8c6737~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_317,h_215,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SSIS with SQL Always Encrypted Data. It's Integrated Jim, but not as we know it.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is part 3 in the SQL Always Encrypted mini series... Unfortunately, the gotchas continue, as it isn't straight forward when using...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/ssis-with-sql-always-encrypted-data-it-s-integrated-jim-but-not-as-we-know-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66b9bfd3fec70fb23240ddb1</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:01:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_331452ddaaa1441699842c0408edecbc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_512,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power BI with SQL Always Encrypted Data.  Database Connectivity...Open you say?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this episode, we're going to look into how we can read that Always Encrypted data (On Prem, with the Key secured by Azure Key Vault),...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/power-bi-with-sql-always-encrypted-data-database-connectivity-open-you-say</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66c8560c91242ebc31c0639a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:11:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_615a1d92ee7d436db034c89f676f860b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_508,h_457,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SQL Always Encrypted with Azure Key Vault - Lock up your data!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Those DBAs eh?  You just can't trust 'em.... Well, we know that statement is ridiculous, but there are so many cases where data in a SQL...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/sql-always-encrypted-with-azure-key-vault-lock-up-your-data</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66b4e11632d58cf3b670aded</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 07:09:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_003d5317e4b74699a0bd6cd3243927f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_384,h_384,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SQL Server Avengers: CPU Affinity War]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maybe not the best entry in the franchise, but this is another one of those configuration options that has been around forever, but very...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/sql-server-avengers-cpu-affinity-war</link><guid isPermaLink="false">669513fa94981b7b0efe28a1</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 07:29:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_4098e28653114cca824d2feffe8c4c54~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_375,h_294,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statistics IO.  IO... IO... it's off to parse we go.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Again, this is another one of those little bits of functionality that has been present since year dot. Unfortunately, it seems to be...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/statistics-io-io-io-it-s-off-to-parse-we-go</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65037895bb871af71730dc81</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:32:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_85a3d8b4525e409e9d92ec5e54768f06~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_292,h_283,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SQL Auditing. Guilty as charged! Or not, as the case may be.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a finger pointing situation that i've witnessed in the past regarding native SQL Auditing, and the potential for edge case false...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/sql-auditing-guilty-as-charged-or-not-as-the-case-may-be</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6666d89273da98173b82a4d3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:32:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_4ec2aa1ae5d9491b9a621c857e9dc0b9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_591,h_531,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reasons to Match Datatypes #39 - Table Partitioning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ok, so I may have exaggerated and jumped a few just slightly with the numbering there for effect, but they all matter. Assume a heavily...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/reasons-to-match-datatypes-39-table-partitioning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">664b68e05686cd18f065c3fd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 07:43:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_14aa4653c1d34218a9e88d7b9a1cbaca~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_468,h_429,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Azure Managed Instance SQL 2022 Update Policy.  Well that potentially sucks.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ah, SQL 2022, the release that finally brought box SQL and Azure managed instance closer together.  We have wonderful toys such as...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/azure-managed-instance-sql-2022-update-policy-well-that-potentially-sucks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6654e79ff6b05d4b2c108e7b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 07:10:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_01f46777a40848a3840968b92346dd3d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_379,h_387,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partitioned Views, a blast from the Past? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post came around when I was at a loose end one evening, and just started poking at a local sandpit database, and it got me...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/partitioned-views-a-blast-from-the-past</link><guid isPermaLink="false">663a47bfaec902ea7061a9bc</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 08:26:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_5786cc87fee64b01a2a0018be8056eab~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_714,h_589,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Azure Elastic Jobs - The NonPlastic, Elastic Fantasic]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a lengthy period in Public Preview it seems, the boffins at Microsoft have finally pushed Elastic Jobs for SQL Azure DB to general...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/azure-elastic-jobs-the-nonplastic-elastic-fantasic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">661ba972b9496a8938bf51e4</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:23:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_088916b3d7a44a479b3fdcdc552720d0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_750,h_390,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dynamic Telegraf Installation for SQL Server - Hold my Place.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Or any Telegraf config file you need to be honest... ) I like using telegraf to collect metrics, that's no secret.  I've blogged the end...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/dynamic-telegraf-installation-for-sql-server-hold-my-place</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6601a1aadcae8fad6ce6c112</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:20:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_ae1ae28d48314327abdf9face33f6c83~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_750,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Powershell Logging - Transcripts, they're GREEEEAT!]]></title><description><![CDATA[No breakfast cereals or comic tigers were harmed in the writing of this Blog post. I have a love for Powershell, it makes my life as a...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/powershell-logging-transcripts-they-re-greeeeat</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66059caa770ca0ba44c82617</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 08:17:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_5715a9156ee64fc1b91c746d28943f92~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_700,h_676,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Azure Automation - Close Encounters of the Runbook Kind.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nobody likes to do the same monontonous task over and over again.  Well, saying that, maybe some out there do in order to look and feel...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/azure-automation-close-encounters-of-the-runbook-kind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65831fa5ac64809ca0d15852</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:14:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_77c39c507784406583be130057cf5afa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_419,h_283,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Eye on the Loot - Are we Techies or Accountants? Or maybe Techouncants / Accountechs? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Systems generally cost money, there is rarely any escape from that. Whether that is down to license costs or platform hosting costs...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/an-eye-on-the-loot-are-we-techies-or-accountants-or-maybe-techouncants---accountechs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65c75a02c8c9bbe6452677ab</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:53:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_c25024dd6189450fbc0012d669ac9bb2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_528,h_482,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Checking SQL Server Estate Connectivity with Powershell Jobs...parallel technicolour.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my previous post Running Powershell for SQL Use* in Parallel - POshRBAR no more. (sqlrod.com) , I discussed the use of powershell...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/checking-sql-server-estate-connectivity-with-powershell-jobs-parallel-technicolour</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65b690357241581889eca7ab</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 08:09:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_2547eaaac9624e93965e9eb606fcbcc7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_400,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running Powershell for SQL Use* in Parallel - POshRBAR no more.]]></title><description><![CDATA[*Or any use for that matter... This is one that I should have learnt way earlier than I actually did if i'm being completely honest.  One...]]></description><link>https://www.sqlrod.com/post/running-powershell-for-sql-use-in-parallel-poshrbar-no-more</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65b3dcffa963cc12fe0af4b1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:38:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c3be62_bdc7ae8d111d4c419c67645332e4e59a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_656,h_456,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rod Edwards</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>