Webcast: Data Modeling Scenarios and Best Practices
On January 17, 2019, I will be giving a webcast with MSSQLTips on data modeling best practices. It’s scheduled for...
2018-12-28
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Meetings: Have a Point of Focus
Have you ever been in a meeting where the attendees seemed to go down one rabbit trail after another? At...
2018-11-30 (first published: 2018-11-16)
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Midlands PASS Meetings for January and February 2019
Midlands PASS won’t be holding a meeting in December. Too much going on! However, we are hosting meetings in January...
2018-11-27
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Ethics in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft redid its Data Science Track not too long ago and they added several courses and new progress points. One...
2018-11-19 (first published: 2018-11-08)
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How do I ask for SQL Server help on Twitter?
For those of us who have been on twitter for a long time, we are familiar with the #sqlhelp hashtag....
2018-11-07
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Free Training: Videos from Tim Mitchell
I’m always on the looking our excellent training, especially free training. Tim Mitchell, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, (twitter | website) has...
2018-10-29
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Slides and Scripts from IT/Dev Connections
If you attended either of my presentations for this past IT/Dev Connections, here are the promised slides and scripts.
As I...
2018-10-23
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Upcoming #SQLChat on Making the Most of Conferences
This month’s #SQLChat is hosted by Rie Irish (twitter | blog). It’s a timely topic: Making the Most of Conferences. With...
2018-10-22
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Midlands PASS Reboot!
If you’re in or near the Columbia, SC area, we are rebooting the Midlands PASS Chapter. Here is our first...
2018-09-19
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Rescheduled Performance Troubleshooting Webinar
With Hurricane Florence no longer a hurricane, we have rescheduled the webinar for next Wednesday, September 26, 2018.
Free sign up...
2018-09-19
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Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
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...
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Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
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Question of the Day
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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