Be Cautious Offering Guidance
Guidance is hard.
Seriously, you’d think it would be easy. You’d think you say things like, don’t shrink your database, most...
2013-08-05
2,326 reads
Grant Fritchey
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Speaker of the Month, August 2013
I’m trying out a new blog post series, mostly for myself as an exercise. I’m going to pick one speaker...
2013-08-02
628 reads
Azure for Prototyping and Development
Psssttt!
Developers. Man, have I got something good for you.
Are your DBAs slowing down your development processes? Are they keeping you...
2013-07-29
1,742 reads
24 Hours of Education
You absolutely need to learn more. I need to learn more (lots more). We all should be constantly learning more...
2013-07-24
565 reads
A Tale of Two Hotels
This is a long and convoluted post about my experiences at two hotels, but it has a point for DBAs...
2013-07-15
831 reads
Getting Started With SQL Server 2014 the Easy Way
You know you want to at least take a look at the new Client Technology Preview (CTP) of SQL Server...
2013-07-05 (first published: 2013-07-01)
2,150 reads
SQL in the City London 2013
Wow!
You’d think that an event might get a little worn by the third time you’re doing it. That maybe it...
2013-07-02
728 reads
I Don’t Care
It’s funny how certain sentences can both accurately reflect a situation and communicate entirely the wrong message.
When thinking about cloud-based...
2013-06-24
737 reads
Azure First
Microsoft has been pretty clear about their commitment to the entire Azure infrastructure. The updates to Azure come out on...
2013-06-20 (first published: 2013-06-17)
2,252 reads
Praise and a Suggestion for AlwaysOn
One of my favorite additions to SQL Server 2012 is the Availability Groups, referred to as AlwaysOn. These things are...
2013-06-10
817 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Analysis Services Model w/ Direct Query and (Default Veritpaq)
Analysis Services (either the integrated workspace in Power BI or on a SQL Server)...
Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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