There are two types of DBAs. Those that run SQL Server on the default port 1433 and those that don't. Those that do not run on the default port 1433 say it's more secure, and those who do say it's "security by obscurity" do not make it any more secure. [...]
I get a lot of emails with concerns that some of you have very strict security and locked-down environments which prevent you from installing SQLWATCH. At the same time, some of you would have preferred the central repository to connect directly to the remote instance and pull data out of [...]
Hey SQLWatchers, First of all, thank you for the growing community and for using SQLWATCH. SQLWATCH has reached over 10000 downloads. This does not include source code downloads and offline installations. I am myself aware of many places that download the release or source code once and deploy to their [...]
I am happy to announce that thanks to our fantastic SQL Server Community it is now possible to deploy SQLWATCH using dbatools. If you work with SQL Server and are not familiar with dbatools you should check it out now, it will change your DBA life forever. With dbatools we can [...]
