Consulting & Practice
SQL Server consulting practice covers practical perspectives on technical analysis, decision-making, operational responsibility, customer communication, risk assessment, documentation, and the judgement required when working with real production database environments.
SQL Server Digital Sovereignty: Why Operational Control Matters
Digital sovereignty often becomes a discussion about location: Where does the SQL Server run? In which country does the organization store its data? Which company operates the underlying platform? Those questions matter when regulatory, contractual or internal governance requirements restrict where data may reside. They also matter when those requirements ...
When Permissions Outlive Their Context in SQL Server
Most SQL Server permissions begin with a perfectly reasonable decision. An application needs access to another database, a service account requires additional rights for a deployment, or an administrator receives broader permissions while a migration is in progress. At that point, the reason is probably known, and there may even ...
What I Took Away from Data Saturday Rheinland 2026
Two days of technical sessions, direct conversations with speakers and practical exchange with other data professionals at Data Saturday Rheinland 2026.
AWS Summit Japan 2026: Agentic AI, Data Platforms, and the Operational Reality Behind the Hype
At AWS Summit Japan 2026, the AI message was hard to miss. But the more interesting signal was not the headline itself. It was how naturally Agentic AI data platforms are now being discussed together with infrastructure, analytics, security, developer experience, and operations. This matters because AI does not run ...
Using AI in SQL Server Work Without Handing Over Responsibility
In many SQL Server environments, the difficult part is not collecting technical information. There are waits, execution plans, error logs, configuration values, SQL Server performance monitoring and tuning tools, backup history, job runtimes, and usually more than one opinion about what the real problem might be. The challenge is to ...