MVP for Another Year 2020-2021

• by Tim Radney

• Tim Radney - Database Professional

Early this afternoon I received an email from Microsoft presenting me with the 2020-2021 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. This is my 7th award and I am just...

2020-07-01

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Updated Default Settings for Azure SQL Managed Instance Databases

• by Tim Radney

• Tim Radney - Database Professional

A common saying about Azure is that it is always changing. This is a very accurate statement, want proof, just take a look at Microsoft Build 2020. Microsoft is...

2020-06-10 (first published: 2020-05-23)

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3D Printing Ear Savers

• by Tim Radney

• Tim Radney - Database Professional

On April 5th, I started printing ear savers for healthcare workers. I started with a single Ender 3 Pro printer with a .4 nozzle. When I made a post...

2020-06-05 (first published: 2020-05-24)

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T-SQL Tuesday #126 – Folding@Home and 3D Printing

• by Tim Radney

• Tim Radney - Database Professional

This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by my friend Glenn Berry. Glenn invites us to write about what we have been doing as a response to COVID-19. Glenn shared...

2020-05-29 (first published: 2020-05-12)

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3D Printing for Covid19

• by Tim Radney

• Tim Radney - Database Professional

A friend tagged me in a Facebook post about a surgical mask strap that had been remixed by a Boy Scout for faster printing and less filament usage. My...

2020-04-24 (first published: 2020-04-13)

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Understanding Database Fundamentals (98-364)

• by Tim Radney

• Tim Radney - Database Professional

Kind of proud about this accomplishment. I get asked all the time at user groups and SQL Saturday events, “How can I get started with SQL Server”. There is...

2019-10-30

33 reads

MVP for Another Year

• by Tim Radney

• Tim Radney - Database Professional

I am honored and humbled to be awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award for the Data Platform category. This is my 6th award, and I am just as...

2019-07-30

5 reads

SQL Saturday Louisville

• by Tim Radney

• Tim Radney - Database Professional

Are you coming to town for SQL Saturday 883 in Louisville KY, if you are going to be around the area on August 2nd, I’ll be presenting an all...

2019-06-04

42 reads

SQL Saturday Baton Rouge

• by Tim Radney

• Tim Radney - Database Professional

Hello Baton Rouge! David Pless and I will be teaching an all day workshop on Performance Tuning and Optimization for Modern Workloads (SQL Server 2017, Azure SQL Database, and...

2019-06-03

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Query Store for Azure PostgreSQL

• by Tim Radney

• Tim Radney - Database Professional

Query Store is not just for Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL Database anymore. Microsoft announced back in Oct 2018...

2019-03-12

53 reads