Happy Veterans Day to my SQL Brothers and Sisters!

Thank you all for your service!

I was fortunate to have attended PASS Summit again this year. As an added bonus...

Women in Technology - All are welcome!

I was at SQL Saturday 723 in Rochester, NY last weekend. I was selected to deliver 2 sessions, and I...

SQL Saturday 723, March 24, 2018 in Rochester, NY. Join us and kick your SQL Server knowledge up a notch!

If you are a SQL Server professional and are interested in spending a day with a bunch of other like-minded...

T-SQL Tuesday 96 - Folks Who Have Made a Difference

This month’s topic: Folks Who Have Made a Difference

T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party for the SQL Server community...

T-SQL Tuesday 94 - Do you wanna get PoSh?

This month’s topic: Let’s get all Posh – What are you going to automate today?

T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party...

What I Learned Today - Configuring tempdb in RDS

Today I learned that you can configure tempdb in RDS!
One of the things we DBA’s do is configure tempdb to...

Beware the automated backup window when running native SQL Server backups in RDS

Beware the automated backup window when running native SQL Server backups in RDS
If you’ve ever fired up an RDS instance...

SQL Saturday 622. Join me July 29, 2017 in Albany, NY and learn to Paint with PowerShell!

If you are a SQL Server professional and are interested in spending a day with a bunch of other like-minded...

T-SQL Tuesday 90 - Shipping Database Changes

T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party for the SQL Server community (or Microsoft Data Platform community. Although it’s called...

T-SQL Tuesday 89 - The times they are a changing!

T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party for the SQL Server community (or Microsoft Data Platform community. Although it’s called...