A fish out of water: How to delete a credential in SQL Server (sys.credentials table)
Jul 31, 2025
As you may already know, I use the A Fish Out of Water series when I want to write about topics that slightly deviate from my main focus: Enterprise
SQL Server Integration Services Error: Connecting to the Integration Services service on the comp...
Oct 30, 2024
Sometimes, it is fun to install new BizTalk Server environments, especially if you are not in the process/responsible for installing its prerequisites This
SQL Server Error while trying to delete Job: Cannot perform this operation while SQLServerAgent i...
Oct 29, 2024
Today, while installing a brand‑new BizTalk Server environment, the initial configuration attempt failed As a result, I tried to clean up the artifacts
SQL Server Management Studio: The certificate chain was issued by an authority that is not trusted.
Oct 28, 2024
Some time ago, I wrote a similar blog post describing this exact same error message while using the WCF-SQL Adapter of the BizTalk Server Today, I encountered
Fixing “Target Principal Name is Incorrect” SQL connection error while trying to vali...
May 29, 2024
I'm going to start quoting Sandro: "Sometimes the life of a developer is a nightmare, hehe" But it is also fun once you find the solution So, on one of
BizTalk Server error: BizTalk Server cannot access SQL Server
Jan 25, 2024
A client called me this week to help with their BizTalk Server production environment BizTalk was not running, and they needed to know the reason why Quickly,
Note to myself: How to easily count the number of Jobs in SQL Server Agent Jobs?
Oct 17, 2023
This is another post for the sake of my mental sanity I keep looking up this information again and again Therefore, I decided to write it down once and for
Note to myself: How to reset the Azure SQL Server admin account password
Sep 25, 2023
Welcome back to yet another post, driven by my desire to maintain my mental well-being, as I've become exhausted from the constant need to look this up I
SQL Script to monitor BizTalk Server SQL Jobs
Sep 21, 2023
For those who've been following my work, you might recall that I shared a set of PowerShell scripts a while back for monitoring BizTalk Server One of these




