SQL Saturday #91
This weekend I attended my 5th SQL Saturday, SQL Saturday #91 in Omaha. Every SQL Saturday I have attended has...
2011-08-28
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Kathi Kellenberger
- Interests: Walking, running, grandchildren!
PASS Prof Dev Blog
In case you hadn't noticed, PASS has a number of virtual chapters. Many of the virtual chapters broadcast LiveMeetings about once...
2011-03-20
1,124 reads
SQL Saturday #45 Report
This past weekend I attended another SQL Saturday. This one was held in Louisville, KY. Malathi Mahadevan and her volunteers...
2011-01-23
1,352 reads
PASS Summit Report 3: Women in Technology Rock!
Last year I was honored to be a member of the Women in Technology (WIT) Panel at the PASS Summit....
2010-11-17
1,195 reads
PASS Summit Report 2: Seattle Again?
There is always a lot of talk about the fact that we have been in Seattle several years in a...
2010-11-16
1,153 reads
PASS Report 1: Why you should have been there!
PASS Summit 2010 is now history. This is my eighth summit but the first one since leaving the DBA world...
2010-11-15
1,557 reads
SQL Saturday #49 report
This past Saturday, I spent the day at SQL Saturday #49 in sunny Orlando. Since Orlando is way out of...
2010-10-18
1,101 reads
SQL Saturday #53 review
The KC PASS chapter has successfully executed the latest SQL Saturday. Thanks to all the organizers and volunteers for a...
2010-10-03
2,005 reads
SQLSaturday #50 Report
I attended my first SQLSaturday yesterday in Iowa City, Iowa. I spoke on two topics: “What’s New with Reporting Services”...
2010-09-19
1,618 reads
SQLSaturdays
Can you believe that I have never attended a SQLSaturday (http://www.sqlsaturday.com)? Well, that is changing very soon. You will see me at...
2010-09-08
836 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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