What if you could turn Claude from a conversational assistant into a development partner that actually does things—safely, securely, and without touching your local machine? If you’ve been exploring Claude Desktop and wondering how to connect it with real developer tools, Docker MCP Toolkit is the missing piece you’ve been looking for. Here’s the reality: Today’s AI assistants are brilliant at reasoning and explaining concepts. But when it comes to acting on that knowledge? They’re stuck. They can’t deploy containers, manage repos, or analyze data without trusted tools to bridge that gap. That’s where Docker MCP Toolkit comes in. Think…
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Every DBA has faced that moment when SQL Server feels like a silent partner. You look at waits like CXPACKET, WRITELOG, or RESOURCE_SEMAPHORE, run a dozen DMVs, and hope the culprit reveals itself before your coffee gets cold. Let us learn more about SQL SERVER and AI – Setting Up an MCP Server for Natural Language Tuning.Now imagine if you could simply ask your database questions such as:“Find top queries causing high WRITELOG waits in the last hour.”and SQL Server politely answers back. That magic happens through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). With just a few steps, you can connect…
I like to subject myself to agony from time to time. So, I tried to build my SQL Server 2025 test environment in Docker from scratch. I thought I was getting behind with the good stuff about the native AI integration into the Microsoft database platform – vector search and the concept of embedding in particular. Spinning a SQL Server container in Docker is easy peasy.But setting up SQL Server to connect to the Large Language Model over a Secure Proxy is not for the faint of heart. Just the angst of getting the spaces aligned in the YAML file…
I had a customer recently reach out to ask if SQL Clone would work with 20 backup files. I decided to test this.This is part of a series of posts on SQL Clone, which is a virtualization product from Redgate Software.The ScenarioA customer asked about SQL Clone working with a lot of backup files (striped), like 20. Our support org said this should work and handle the max number of files, which is 64 for the backup command.I know SQL Clone works with striped backups because I wrote an article on it, but I only tested 7 files. How to…
In today’s data-driven world, observability is not an optional add-on but a foundational principle. As organizations adopt Microsoft Fabric to unify analytics, the ability to see into the inner workings of data pipelines becomes essential. Observability is not simply about monitoring dashboards or setting up alerts. It is about cultivating a culture of transparency, resilience, and trust in the systems that carry the lifeblood of modern business: data.At its core, observability is the craft of reading the story a system tells on the outside in order to grasp what is happening on the inside. In Fabric powered ecosystems, this means…
How multi-signal optimization and metric classification help DevOps and turn telemetry chaos into actionable intelligence.
I’m excited to announce my brand-new SQL Server 2025 Unleashed live online training on December 10, 2025 – a deep-dive day dedicated to exploring the next generation of Microsoft’s flagship database platform.For more than 25 years, I’ve been helping companies around the world get the most performance, scalability, and reliability out of SQL Server. But SQL Server 2025 marks a turning point. It’s not just an upgrade – it’s a leap forward. With AI-powered query processing, vector search, and major performance and high-availability improvements, this release changes how we think about data systems.From AI to Performance: What Awaits YouIn this…
Harness adds an AI-powered vibecoding tool to automate database migrations via natural language, integrating seamlessly with its CI/CD DevOps platform.
An analysis of more than 300 open source repositories published today by Ox Security, a provider of an application security posture management (ASPM) platform, identifies 10 systematic behaviors of artificial intelligence (AI) coding tools that ignore established best practices for software engineering. Eyal Paz, vice president of research at OX Security, said that while policies […]
At swampUP 2025 in Napa Valley, Alan sat down with Vishal Raina and Shibashis Mishra to discuss how DevOps is adapting to a new era defined by artificial intelligence, automation, and digital transformation at scale. As organizations embed AI across their software delivery pipelines, the conversation has shifted from simple productivity gains to questions of […]