Burt King

Burt King is Senior Database Administrator at enservio, the makers of ContentsExpress™, the insurance industry’s leading content management system. Burt has more than 15 years experience with SQL Server and has been a contributor to MSSQLTips.com since 2011.

Azure Backup and Restore

SQL Server managed backups to Azure (last update: 1/9/2017)

Backup

Standardize SQL Server backups and maintain existing job schedules (last update: 12/15/2011)

Clustering

SQL Server Clustering Myths (last update: 12/13/2012)

Fragmentation and Index Maintenance

Using SQL Server Managed Lock Priority for Online Index Rebuilds (last update: 11/13/2015)

Security

Encrypting passwords for use with Python and SQL Server (last update: 1/15/2018)

Stored Procedures

Verify SQL Server Stored Procedures are the same on multiple servers (last update: 3/20/2012)

Upgrades and Migrations

SQL Server Database Snapshots for Data Comparison (last update: 4/27/2015)