Mastering SQL Server: Performance - Scalability - High Availability - Security. Made in Germany
Joined May 2014
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Sarpedon Quality Lab retweeted
7 Oct 2025
Published the final article in my 3-part series about the challenges of auditing access to data in Microsoft #SQLServer, #AzureSQL, and SQL #database in #Fabric: andreas-wolter.com/en/202510…
Shedding light on several tricky ways to evade auditing
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Sarpedon Quality Lab retweeted
21 Oct 2025
🚀 Learn how Contained Availability Groups simplify SQL Server 2022 management! 🎤 Join Andreas Wolter, Ex-Microsoft Senior Program Manager, for a demo-packed session! 🗓 Oct 23, 12:00 PM EDT
Register 👉 meetup.com/cloud-data-driven…
#SQLServer #DataDriven #DBA #DataCommunity
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Sarpedon Quality Lab retweeted
29 Jul 2025
Article: recommended minimum security audit definition for database systems, using Microsoft #SQLServer as example:
Audit every change to the system’s security configuration. andreas-wolter.com/en/202507…
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21 Aug 2025
Es gibt einige wirklich kritische Sicherheits-bugs in SQL Server, die mit dem letzten Security Patch gefixt werden. Unbedingt beachten!
13 Aug 2025
Important Security fixes for #SQLServer 2016–2022: 5 CVE’s of type Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Ranging from #SQLInjection via system procedures to permission adjustments and easy to implement. Secure your systems: msrc.microsoft.com/update-gu…
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Sarpedon Quality Lab retweeted
19 Aug 2025
Published a more elegant and straightforward solution for auditing access to specific data in Microsoft #SQLServer and #AzureSQL, using Data Classification: andreas-wolter.com/en/202508…
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11 Feb 2025
Wichtiger Fund von @AndreasWolter: SQL Auditing (#SQLServer und #AzureSQL Managed Instance) entdeckt bestimmte Berechtigungsänderungen nicht! Während wir auf einen Fix von Microsoft warten, Hinweise wie man damit umgehen kann im Artikel.
10 Feb 2025
#SQLServer #security admins, attention: #Auditing is missing attempts to change permissions, leading to #repudiation and miss elevation attempts
Please upvote for bug-fix
andreas-wolter.com/en/2502-s…
ALT SQL Audit bug
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17 Jan 2025
#SQLServer bietet verschiedene VerschlĂĽsselungs-Technologien an. Andreas hat das Thema "Protecting data at rest" zusammengefasst und was man dabei bedenken sollte. Das Ergebnis, das TDE nicht unbedingt besser als Backup #Encryption ist, kommt fĂĽr einige vielleicht ĂĽberraschend.
16 Jan 2025
New article> Protecting database data at rest:
Comparing the different encryption methods SQL Server offers, regarding how well they protect data at rest, and why I don't push for #TDE everywhere.
andreas-wolter.com/en/protec… #DataEncryption #DatSecurity
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26 Nov 2024
Daten und Unternehmens-Wissen schĂĽtzen: Absichern der DatenĂĽbertragung zwischen #SQLServer und der Anwendung mit vertrauenswĂĽrdigen Zertifikaten. Auch in der Entwicklungsumgebung!
25 Nov 2024
article: #TLS 1.2 and trusted certificates to encrypt data in transit for all SQL Servers, including development environments
andreas-wolter.com/en/tls-tr… #SQLServer #Encryption
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Sarpedon Quality Lab retweeted
24 Sep 2024
latest article: Using Extended Events for Tracing #SQLServer and #AzureSQL DB in compliance with Principle of Least Privilege - Example role separation
andreas-wolter.com/en/extend… #PolP #DataSecurity
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12 Sep 2024
Liebe Kunden: Bitte patcht eure #SQLServer. Patching ist eines der 3 wirksamsten Mittel gegen Cyberattacken.
11 Sep 2024
Multiple Security Updates for #SQLServer: 3 vulnerabilities for Elevation of Privileges with high impact potential have been found in the engine alone and an additional 9 vulnerabilities for Remote Code Execution and Information Disclosure in Machine Learning Services. Fixes are available for SQL Server versions 2016 up to 2022
techcommunity.microsoft.com/…
#MachineLearningServices #EoP
ALT SQL Server Blog with Security Updates
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5 Sep 2024
Vom 7. bis 10. Oktober ist @AndreasWolter, der GrĂĽnder von Sarpedon Quality Lab und einer von nur 7 Microsoft Certified Master der Data Platform auf den #SQLDays endlich wieder in Deutschland anzutreffen
5 Sep 2024
Workshop “Praktisches Performance Monitoring & Troubleshooting für #SQLServer” am 10. Oktober auf den #SQLdays in Erding/Germany andreas-wolter.com/workshop-…
ALT Performance Monitoring tools
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21 Aug 2024
Wer einen technischen deep dive workshop mit dem einzigen Microsoft Certified Master fĂĽr #DataPlatform sucht: hier ist die einmalige Gelegenheit, zum ersten Mal seit 6 Jahren wieder in Deutschland, auf den #SQLdays bei MĂĽnchen.
13 Aug 2024
Am 10. Oktober gebe ich nach langer Zeit wieder einen praktischen workshop zu Performance Monitoring unter #SQLServer in Deutschland: Im Rahmen der #SQLDays Konferenz in Erding bei München: Practical Performance Monitoring & Troubleshooting SQL Server. Der Clou: Die Teilnehmer können live mitanalysieren (Voraussetzung: eigenes Laptop mit SSMS)
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21 Aug 2024
Sarpedon Quality Lab ist nun offiziell auch in den USA firmiert :-) Das wird insbesondere fĂĽr unsere Managed Services Kunden interessant sein. @AndreasWolter ist also in der amerikanischen Zeitzone fĂĽr uns da.
23 Jul 2024
Happy to share that I founded Sarpedon Quality Lab LLC here in the US.
It will come to no surprise, that I will continue the great partnership with @SQL_de, which I founded 2009 in Germany.
ALT Articles of Organization: Sarpedon Quality Lab
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13 Jun 2024
We can confirm that from what we are seeing on systems that we monitor. All security measures matter. Create perimeters and do the fundamentals. #cybersecurity
13 Jun 2024
Hackers from Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Agency (SVR) are no longer disengaging from a computer environment once they are discovered but are doubling down, according to Brad Smith, vice chairman and president of Microsoft | rferl.org/a/microsoft-securi… @RFERL
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Sarpedon Quality Lab retweeted
15 May 2024
The reactions and interest about my resignation in the #Azure Data Security org have been overwhelming, so I decided to write a bit more about it: andreas-wolter.com/en/resign…
#ProgramManagement #DataSecurity #AzureSQL #Microsoft
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Sarpedon Quality Lab retweeted
13 Jun 2024
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to speak about #DataSecurity for #SQLServer and #AzureSQL in my new home base with a very engaged audience.
13 Jun 2024
So happy to have @AndreasWolter talk about security at the Arizona Data Platform Users Group
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Sarpedon Quality Lab retweeted
12 Jan 2024
The latest Data Exposed video with a summary of the #DatabaseSecurity functionalities introduced in 2023 for #SQLServer and #AzureSQL
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9 Jan 2024
Interesting article from @Kendra_Little: Microsoft is Breaking Database Compatibility Levels for #SQLServer and #AzureSQL Managed Instance: littlekendra.com/2023/12/18/…
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Sarpedon Quality Lab retweeted
12 Dec 2023
New blog post: How Many Features are Missing from Azure SQL Managed Instance?
littlekendra.com/2023/12/08/…
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Sarpedon Quality Lab retweeted
17 Oct 2023
We enhanced SQL #Auditing with support for OBO access request from middle tier applications #DatabaseSecurity #AzureSQL techcommunity.microsoft.com/…
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