A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 2
For Day 2 of this blog series, I am going to talk a little about the upcoming Intel Westmere-EX processor...
2011-04-02
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Glenn Berry
Intel Sandy Bridge Mobile Processors Explained
The long wait for the new, mobile Sandy Bridge processor equipped laptops is nearly over. Most of the large system...
2011-03-24
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Presenting To Columbus SQL Server User’s Group on April 14
I will be doing a live, virtual presentation for the Columbus, Ohio SQL Server User’s Group on Thursday, April 14....
2011-03-23
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Microsoft System Center Advisor (Release Candidate)
Microsoft’s Brad Anderson announced the availability of the Release Candidate of Microsoft System Center Advisor today in his keynote presentation...
2011-03-22
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SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update #15
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update 15, which is Build 9.0.4325. There are only six fixes included...
2011-03-22
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SQL Server 2005 SP4 Cumulative Update 3
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2005 SP4 Cumulative Update 3, which is Build 9.0.5266. There are only five fixes listed...
2011-03-22
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SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 13
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 13, which is Build 10.00.2816.00. I count twelve fixes listed in...
2011-03-22
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SQL Server 2008 SP2 Cumulative Update 3
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 SP2 Cumulative Update 3, which is Build 10.00.4279.00. I count 25 fixes listed in...
2011-03-22
1,234 reads
Are You Taking Advantage of Twitter for SQL Server?
One thing I always do lately, whenever I give a presentation is ask the audience how many of them use...
2011-03-18
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Teaching Two Classes at University College–University of Denver
I will be teaching two classes for the Spring 2011 Quarter at University College – University of Denver. One will be...
2011-03-18
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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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