Redmondmag.com

SQL Server Connection Strings Made Easy

SQL Server Management Studio can help take the guesswork out of creating connection strings for PowerShell applications.
Hackread

Microsoft Fixes 1,413 Vulnerabilities in Record October Patch Tuesday Update

Microsoft addressed 1,413 security vulnerabilities in its October 2026 Patch Tuesday update, making it the company’s largest ...

The story of how an 'Excel-as-DB' Power App collapsed at the 500th record, and the design standards for surviving in the field

Excuse me, the app we built in-house with Power Apps has suddenly become very slow, and we can't search for data anymore.
Dark Reading

Zero-Days Lurk in Microsoft's Overgrown October Patch Tuesday

As we progress further into the AI-driven "vulnpocalypse era," Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday security update blows ...

A Series of Leaks That Cannot Be Dismissed as "API Abuse"—Examining "Authorization" and Detection in Your Own APIs Based on JPCERT Cases A–D and P…

From September to October 2026, a series of data leaks involving millions to tens of millions of records from membership apps ...
Chris Webb's BI Blog

ApproximateDistinctCount In Power BI Is Sometimes Slower Than DistinctCount

As a follow-on from last week’s post about the new ApproximateDistinctCount function in DAX, I want to share something I found out from my recent testing for this function: ApproximateDistinctCount is ...
Anthropic

Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations and internal use

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.