Category Archives: Settings

  1. Help, not all of my column is displaying in the output of the query!

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    February 22, 2022 by Kenneth Fisher

    I’ll be honest, I don’t remember if I’ve written about this before but I couldn’t find it, so here we …
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  2. Remote Desktop: Force the resolution to match the screen size.

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    September 9, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher

    One of the things I hate most about using remote desktop is when the resolution for the remote server is …
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  3. Auditing with “C2 Auditing” and “Common Criteria Compliance”

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    September 7, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher

    I’m going to be fairly high level on these because to be honest, if you are going to use them …
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  4. What account is xp_cmdshell using?

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    May 25, 2021 by Kenneth Fisher

    It works when I run it this way™ but not when I run it through xp_cmdshell! It’s a permissions issue. …
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  5. Change the size of the grid results view in SSMS

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    March 4, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher

    After my post last month about configuring your tools I’ve been on a make my life easier kick and one …
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  6. SQL Homework – March 2020 – Database Configurations.

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    March 2, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher

    A little while back we tried configuring the instance. Sometimes though, instance settings are a bit heavy handed, so this …
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  7. What version of SQL is SSMS scripting for?

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    March 25, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher

    Recently (honestly it’s been a few years now) Microsoft split the lifecycle for SSMS out from the general SQL Server …
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  8. SQL Homework – February 2019 – Instance configurations

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    February 4, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher

    This homework series really has two purposes. It’s a primer for beginners. These are tasks I think most if not …
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  9. SQL Homework – January 2019 – Baselines

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    January 2, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher

    Happy New Year! Every year for New Years we all make a big deal of coming up with New Years …
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  10. SQL Homework – December 2018 – Configure SSMS

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    December 3, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher

    I’ve committed to posting a piece of homework for you to do each month. I post at the beginning of …
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