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Database Seeding: When to Hit the Table vs. When to Hit the API

2026-05-06 · by Hannah Vernon · in tools

You’ve got a new environment to stand up. Maybe it’s a fresh QA instance, maybe it’s a training environment someone just spun up, or maybe production got rebuilt after a disaster recovery test. Either way,…

SSRS and Multi-Subnet Failover: The Connection String That Doesn’t Exist

2026-04-28 · by Hannah Vernon · in configuration, reporting, SQL Server Agent

SSRS has no way to specify MultiSubnetFailover=True in its ReportServer database connection. Here’s how to automate SSRS reconfiguration after an AG failover across subnets using rsconfig.exe, sp_update_jobstep, and a SQL Agent alert.

SQL Server Patching Pre/Post Checks with AI

2026-04-23 · by Hannah Vernon · in AI for DBAs

Generate matched pre-patch and post-patch validation scripts with AI for safe SQL Server patching.

Smart DBCC CHECKDB Scheduling with AI

2026-04-23 · by Hannah Vernon · in AI for DBAs

Build intelligent CHECKDB scheduling with AI size-based estimates, window optimization, and corruption alerting.

AI-Generated Availability Group Failover Runbook

2026-04-23 · by Hannah Vernon · in AI for DBAs

Generate a complete AG failover runbook with AI pre-flight checks, failover, validation, and rollback in PowerShell.

Building a Backup Automation Framework with AI

2026-04-23 · by Hannah Vernon · in AI for DBAs

Build a real backup automation framework in PowerShell with AI multi-instance, retention, verification, and dbatools.

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