Speaker of the Month, August 2013
I’m trying out a new blog post series, mostly for myself as an exercise. I’m going to pick one speaker...
2013-08-02
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Grant Fritchey
- Twitter: @https://twitter.com/gfritchey
- Website: https://scarydba.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-fritchey/
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gfritchey.bsky.social
Azure for Prototyping and Development
Psssttt!
Developers. Man, have I got something good for you.
Are your DBAs slowing down your development processes? Are they keeping you...
2013-07-29
1,742 reads
24 Hours of Education
You absolutely need to learn more. I need to learn more (lots more). We all should be constantly learning more...
2013-07-24
565 reads
A Tale of Two Hotels
This is a long and convoluted post about my experiences at two hotels, but it has a point for DBAs...
2013-07-15
830 reads
Getting Started With SQL Server 2014 the Easy Way
You know you want to at least take a look at the new Client Technology Preview (CTP) of SQL Server...
2013-07-05 (first published: 2013-07-01)
2,150 reads
SQL in the City London 2013
Wow!
You’d think that an event might get a little worn by the third time you’re doing it. That maybe it...
2013-07-02
728 reads
I Don’t Care
It’s funny how certain sentences can both accurately reflect a situation and communicate entirely the wrong message.
When thinking about cloud-based...
2013-06-24
737 reads
Azure First
Microsoft has been pretty clear about their commitment to the entire Azure infrastructure. The updates to Azure come out on...
2013-06-20 (first published: 2013-06-17)
2,251 reads
Praise and a Suggestion for AlwaysOn
One of my favorite additions to SQL Server 2012 is the Availability Groups, referred to as AlwaysOn. These things are...
2013-06-10
817 reads
Helping Database Administrators
Let’s be honest. Database administration is not all that tough. Set up your backups. Test them. Get consistency checks on...
2013-06-07 (first published: 2013-06-04)
1,766 reads
Blogs
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
The FinOps Lifecycle: From Budgeting to Reporting
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps long enough teaches you two universal truths: That’s exactly why I...
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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