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Suggestions for PASS

Andy Warren from SQLServerCentral.com

PASS is the global users group for SQL Server DBAs, but there are a number of people who have never heard of it. Longtime author Andy Warren has a few suggestions for PASS and encourages you to submit your own.More »

SQL Server 2005 Build List

Steve Jones from SQLServerCentral.com

Build List Updated with Cumulative Update 4 for SP2. More »

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 6 - Post Installation Configuration Tasks (Encryption)

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In our new article, we will continue coverage of this topic by describing other activities that alter default connectivity settings applied during standard installation, focusing in particular on encryption.More »

Understanding the Difference between Owners and Schemas in SQL Server

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SQL Server 2005 introduces the concept of schemas as opposed to object owners found in previous versions. This article will explain the differences between the two and, hopefully, clear up some of the confusion that still exists about schemas.More »

I joined PASS in 1999 and attended the inaugural Summit in Chicago. It was in the lower level of a hotel just on the river, I went to the last White Sox game of the year, and got to see Kalen Delaney speak about this newly released SQL Server 7.

I was excited, eager to grow my career, just starting to write, and I learned a lot from my 3 days in the windy city. I met a lot of interesting people and have felt that PASS helped grow my career and even motivate me to start this site.

Over the last 8 years as I've worked with PASS in various contexts, I've often tried to come up with suggestions and ways that the organization could grow and promote DBAs in a positive light. I believe in PASS and think it's a great organization for DBAs.

There's a "however" here, as there is for most things. Over the last few years I think PASS hasn't taken advantage of the excitement and growth surrounding SQL Server 2005 to really build their organization. And I'd like to see that happen as would many other people.

DBAs suffer from not being appreciated in many organizations. Just look at the descriptions on the web for our job or even open positions. They're all over the board and so many managers have no idea what value we bring to an organization on a regular basis. PASS could help us better define what we do, how we can be used, and why we're worth so much money :)

My business partner, Andy Warren of End to End training (and former partner in SQLServerCentral.com) has written an open article today that gives some suggestions for how PASS can grow and help the community. It's not really intended to knock the work done by PASS, but more to create some debate and try to see where we can grow PASS from here. And he'd like to see your comments and suggestions.

If you're not a member of PASS, and you're a DBA, you should be at least a free member. It would be nice to see you attend the conference, participate in local user groups, or help grow our profession out to others. You might disagree, but I really think that with a strong organization behind us, DBAs can only become more respected, appreciated, and hopefully, compensated.

Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

Today's podcast features music by Everyday Jones. I really like the music and acoustic feel of this band. They're starving musicians on tour. Check them out in New York this week.

The podcast feeds are available at sqlservercentral.podshow.com to get better bandwidth and maybe a little more exposure :). Comments are definitely appreciated and wanted. You can get feeds from there.

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• An Hour In Time - Yesterday's video. I messed up the link in the newsletter, so if you're wondering what happened, here it is.

Someone called me the "Voice of the DBA" awhile back and I liked it. I'm looking to rename the show to that unless there are complaints, criticisms, or a large general outcry.

I've done video the last few days, but it's a big time consuming process and it's gotten me a bit behind on other things. I will probably drop to three times a week unless there's a lot of interest to keep going everyday. If you like it, tell the boss!

Steve Jones from SQLServerCentral.com

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MOM 2005 Datawarehousing Catchup

Sean Gorman

I wrote this script because our MOM Datawarehousing got so damn behind. <BR/> Every time the windows Scheduled task tried to run to warehouse the data <BR/> out of...More »

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SQL Server 2005 : Administering

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SQL Server 2005 : Backups

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SQL Server 2005 : Business Intelligence

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SQL Server 2005 : CLR Integration and Programming.

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SQL Server 2005 : Development

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SQL Server 2005 : SQL Server 2005 General Discussion

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SQL Server 2005 : SQL Server 2005 Strategies

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SQL Server 2005 : SS2K5 Replication

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SQL Server 2005 : SQL Server 2005 Performance Tuning

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SQL Server 2005 : SQL Server 2005 Integration Services

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SQL Server 2005 : T-SQL (SS2K5)

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SQL Server 7,2000 : Administration

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SQL Server 7,2000 : Backups

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SQL Server 7,2000 : General

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SQL Server 7,2000 : Security

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SQL Server 7,2000 : SQL Server Newbies

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SQL Server 7,2000 : Performance Tuning

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SQL Server 7,2000 : Replication

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SQL Server 7,2000 : T-SQL

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