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Hi, I'm John McCormack. A DBA by trade, currently an engineering manager in SAAS. 
SQL Server, Azure, AWS, GCP
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Why SRE teams must eliminate toil

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How good was Data:Scotland conference in 2024

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How to easily upload, download and migrate SSIS Packages with DTUTIL

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T-SQL STUFF – Taking it to the limit

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Thoughts on sitting DP-300 Azure Database Administrator exam

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