Thoughts on the SQL Server 2008 R2 Press Conference
If you weren't aware, Microsoft held a BI telelconference today which announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of SQL Server...
2010-04-21
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Brian Kelley
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PowerShell 2.0 on Windows XP SP3 - Can It Be Upgraded?
In my last blog post I indicated that I would be adding learning PowerShell to my list of goals. I...
2010-04-15
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Why I Have Had a Hard Time Adopting PowerShell
PowerShell has been out for a while. When it first came out, I went and grabbed a copy and tinkered...
2010-04-14
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Hosting a User Group Meeting - Day of "Bare Bones" Checklist
This actually came as a response to a tweet from Mike Walsh (Twitter | Blog). But here is the barebones checklist I...
2010-04-13
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Cloud Computing - Will Data Breaches Cost More?
That's the main point from the following article:
Video: Data breaches to cost more in the cloud
The cost was calculated per...
2010-04-09
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A Good Expansion on the Topic of Plagiarism
In a previous post I gave some links which help explain what plagiarism is and how to generally avoid it....
2010-04-08
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SQL University Starting Back Up
Jorge Segarra's ( @SQLChicken) excellent community idea, SQL University, is starting back up next week. This is effectively free training on...
2010-04-08
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New MSSQLTips Article: Nesting Database Roles in SQL Server
I'm still way behind on my writing for the year, thanks to fighting off stronger than usual migraines and now...
2010-04-07
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What I Do to Prep a Technical Presentation
This was a question asked on Twitter the other day, "How do folks prepare for a presentation?" Here are some...
2010-04-06
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So you want to write a blog?
First, figure out what you want to write about. It should be something you have passion for. And it should...
2010-03-27
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Blogs
Audit – Security Compliance Frameworks (Part 1)
By Vinay Thakur
This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about...
Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
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Limiting Checkpoints
If I use the -k parameter with a number after it, what does this change in SQL Server?
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