The Fantastic 12 of SQL Server 2012
The SQL Server Team Blog is in the midst of posting twelve, short weekly videos that let someone from the...
2012-05-07
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Glenn Berry
Updated SQL Rockstar Blogger Rankings
This morning, Thomas LaRock (blog|@SQLRockstar) released an updated version of his Blogger Rankings. I was very happy and humbled to...
2012-05-07
1,100 reads
Building an Intel Ivy Bridge Desktop System, Part 2
A few weeks ago, I wrote about buying some of the components that I needed to build a new 22nm...
2012-05-02
1,880 reads
Checking Your Main BIOS Version
As some of you may know, I spent four years in the U.S. Marine Corps back during the Reagan administration....
2012-05-01
1,794 reads
SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries (May 2012)
Since tomorrow is May 1, I think it is time to publish the latest set of SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic...
2012-04-30
1,942 reads
SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (April 2012)
It is hard to believe, but SQL Server 2012 has been GA for nearly a month now. Because of this,...
2012-04-26
2,705 reads
Intel Ivy Bridge Release Coverage
Web sites, blogs and media outlets in Europe and the U.K. are starting to post some early Ivy Bridge stories,...
2012-04-23
1,062 reads
Quick Roundup of Intel Ivy Bridge Reviews
The overall opinion seems to be that the 22nm Ivy Bridge represents a relatively small boost to CPU performance (typically...
2012-04-23
1,045 reads
SQL Server 2012 Core Factor Table for AMD Processors
As of April 1, 2012, Microsoft has a new SQL Server 2012 Core Factor Table for AMD processors. You can...
2012-04-23
2,970 reads
Urgent BIOS Update for Dell PowerEdge R810, R910 and M910 Servers
If you have an 11th generation Dell PowerEdge R810 , PowerEdge R910 server, or a PowerEdge M910 blade server, there is...
2012-04-18
2,189 reads
Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Forums
The New World Of AI Robots
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Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
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