Andy Warren

I started my SQL journey here at SQLServerCentral as one of the founders, helping to build a place to share and learn that continues to thrive under the editorial guidance of my friend Steve Jones. I've done a lot of volunteer work over the years ranging from our local SQL group (oPASS, SQLOrlando) to serving on the Board of Directors of PASS to designing and building the framework of SQLSaturday (which has gone on to produce more than 1000 locally managed events since we started in 2007). These days I manage a DBA team, but over the years I've been a trainer, consultant, contractor, and DBA. I'm rarely present on social media, the best way to contact me is here, LinkedIn, or via email.

Marketing Ideas for Chapters & SQLSaturday

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

I’m part of the team putting together SQLSaturday #151 in Orlando this year, and one of the things Kendal Van...

2012-05-23

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Watson Plays Jeopardy

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

I watched the documentary on Nova about the IBM project to build Watson, a computer that could play Jeopardy. The...

2012-05-23

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LinkedIn Group Recommendations-Not Quite Useful

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

I received an email from LinkedIn suggesting that I might find these groups useful:

I’m sure those map back to someone...

2012-05-22

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Build a Little Free Library

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

I saw this on the Boing Boing feed yesterday, Little Free Library is a project to try to build 2500...

2012-05-18

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Expectations-The Big Disconnect

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

One of the things I’ve learned from running events is to set expectations. If you’re going to provide coffee don’t...

2012-05-18

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The Brain Dump Blog

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

I was chatting with a friend recently and he said he could never blog the way I do. Which way...

2012-05-18

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Go Look at NELL

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

NELL (Never Ending Language Learning) is a computer system that is trying to learn to read the web. Couple things...

2012-05-17

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Varied and Interesting Links

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

Here are some things I’ve run across in the past few weeks you may find interesting:
FailCon. Billed as a one-day...

2012-05-14

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SQLRally 2012-Closing Thoughts

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

It was interesting to watch an event that started 17 months ago with Dallas, Nashville, and Denver submitting applications to...

2012-05-12

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SQLRally 2012-Friday

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

Started the day early, heading to the Convention Center to be at Starbucks at 6:45 for the networking event I...

2012-05-12

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Blogs

Advice I Like: Responsibility

“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not...

Power BI Performance in 2026: A Practical Guide to Faster Semantic Models and Reports

Originally published April 2022; substantially updated July 2026. This post is a complete replacement...

Getting Started with Azure SQL Developer on Macbook

By MarlonRibunal

The idea behind Azure SQL Developer is for anyone to build, iterate, and test...

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Forums

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Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL

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Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...

SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process

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