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Run DBCC CHECKDB regularly to ensure database integrity. Set up a swift alert using SQL Server Agent to notify you of potential SQL database corruption before it's too late to rectify.

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Microsoft debuted SQL Server 2019 at Ignite, but a more technically detailed picture of the next-gen database platform emerged only later at the PASS Summit.