My SQL PASS Summit Adventures part 1
I started my PASS Summit a little early this year. I arrived in Seattle on Friday night, November 5th, around...
2010-11-16
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Patrick LeBlanc
Join the SQL Lunch on Tuesday
What a long week at PASS (stay tuned for more details about my trip). Now that it's over back to...
2010-11-14
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A Couple of SQL Lunches this Week
I want to apologize for posting this so late, but there is a SQL Lunch today and one tomorrow. Hope...
2010-11-03
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Vote for Our SQL Rally PreCon
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Honestly, I want each of reading my blog to vote for our...
2010-11-01
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1st Houston Microsoft Business Intelligence User Group
Tyler Chessman of Microsoft has started a Business Intelligence Users Group in Houston. The group will meet online and onsite quarterly. ...
2010-10-19
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MDX Puzzles (New Author)
Well I am sure most of you noticed that I haven't posted an MDX puzzle in some time. After much...
2010-10-19
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SQL Lunch #40 - Mirroring: The Bear Necessities
I am excited to announce a new speaker to the SQL Lunch, Ryan Adams. Ryan will be discussing Database Mirroring...
2010-10-18
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Speaking at SQL Saturday #49 Orlando, Florida
After making the trip last weekend to Houston for Houston Techfest with the kids I am off again, but this...
2010-10-14
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Speaking at South Florida SQL Server User Group
I will be speaking at the South Florida SQL Server User Group on October 13 via Live Meeting. My topic...
2010-10-12
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Why do I contribute to the SQL Server Community?
As an active speaker and volunteer in the SQL Server community I am often asked why do I do it? ...
2010-10-12
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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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