From Tech Worker to IT Management: Ten Steps to Success

Congratulations! You got the promotion!! Once the excitement and adrenaline rush of a promotion passes, it is common to find...

DBA in training: SQL Server high availability options

DBAs must make sure data is highly available, and there are many SQL Server high availability options. Pamela Mooney discusses...

DBA in training: SQL Server under the hood

In this article of the series, Pamela Mooney explains the architecture of SQL Server under the hood, including some query...

DBA in training: Know your server’s limits

Comparing current performance to baselines helps DBAs know when there’s a problem. In this article, Pamela Mooney describes how to...

DBA in training: Backups, SLAs, and restore strategies

There are a handful of options when backing up SQL Server databases. A DBA must understand the differences and come...

DBA in training: Security

Securing data is not always easy to do, but it should be the top responsibility for database administrators. From protecting...

DBA in training: Know your environment(s)

It doesn’t matter if you become an “accidental DBA” or are actively looking for a database administrator position, you may...

DBA in training: Preparing for interviews

Getting that first job as a DBA is not easy for most of us. In this article, Pamela Mooney explains...

DBA in Training: So, you want to be a DBA…

Many people with tech careers did not follow a straight path to get there. In this article, Pamela Mooney gives...

How to Set Up Transactional Replication

Replication is one way to copy data to another database or server. In this article, Pamela Mooney describes how to...