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SQL Server 2025 – Standard Developer edition

Introduction The arrival of SQL Server 2025 introduces the Standard Developer edition, allowing companies to deploy across all development, quality and testing environments using an edition equivalent to the Standard Edition without having to pay the associated licensing fees. Here(…)

Different types of Oracle wallets

In this blog post I will explain the different types of Oracle wallet with the auto_login feature. What is an Oracle Wallet An Oracle wallet is used to store certificates for Listeners with https protocol, or it can be used(…)

SQLDay 2025 – Wrocław – Sessions

After a packed workshop day, the SQLDay conference officially kicked off on Tuesday with a series of sessions covering cloud, DevOps, Microsoft Fabric, AI, and more. Here is a short overview of the sessions I attended on the first day(…)

SQLDay 2025 – Wrocław – Workshops

I had the chance to attend SQLDay 2025 in Wrocław, one of the largest Microsoft Data Platform conferences in Central Europe. The event gathers a wide range of professionals, from database administrators to data engineers and Power BI developers. The(…)

SQL Server 2025 Public Preview and SSMS 21 now available

This is a short blog post to share that the SQL Server 2025 public preview is now available for download. At the same time, SSMS 21 has also been released and is now generally available. The LinkedIn post by Bob(…)

PostgreSQL 17-18 major upgrade – blue-green migration with minimal downtime

As PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 has been released (link) and is packed with lots of cool features like improved IO on reads for example, I wanted to test out the new pg_createsubscriber and pg_upgrade options and how they are(…)

2025.pgconf.de recap

( note: I am writing this as member of the pgconf.de organization team, and not as a dbi services employee ) After almost half a year of planning and preparation PostgreSQL Conference Germany 2025 finally took(…)

M-Files IMPACT Global Conference 2025 – Day 3

The last day of the M-Files IMPACT Global Conference 2025 was dedicated to M-Files partners only. Throughout the day, M-Files shared partner-specific information and hot news. Below is a summary of the main(…)

M-Files IMPACT Global Conference 2025 – Day 2

The second day of the M-Files IMPACT Global Conference 2025 commenced at 9 am with a keynote session. On this occasion, the key note was entitled ‘Unlocking the Future of Business. The Future of AI: Unlocking New Opportunities and(…)

M-Files IMPACT Global Conference 2025 – Day 1

This year, the annual M-Files Customer and Partner Conference will be held in the capital of Greece. All M-Filers worldwide are expected to attend the event in Athens, where they will have the opportunity to network(…)