Training

I'm kind of stunned. I have asked 6 people to go to the PASS conference over the last 4 days...

Unethical or Just Sneaky

One of the fundamental rules of a stable, controlled production system is that you apply updates singly, after they've been tested, and you document the change. This way you can ensure that if a problem occurs, you can do some backtracking to see what might have caused instability.

You have just purchased a brand new 64-bit...

$4

So I got a final count of referrals from the PASS conference yesterday and it was 183, so thanks to...

Stealth Updates

Editorial coming next week, but so far this is amazing to me. Microsoft's stealth updates of their client update tool....

What does this return?

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What's an Outage?

I caught this quote from Microsoft Watch, and thought it was very interesting. It definitely addresses an issue I've wondered about for some time. It talks about the WGA server issues and had this great quote from the WGA Product Manager:

Recruiters

Do you like recruiters? Do you use them? It's almost impossible not to use them these days when looking for a job. So many of the listings on online job boards are from recruiters and many have deals to place people, so chances are you'll at least deal with on even if they don't get you a job.

SQL Server Spotlight on Rob Zare

With business intelligence and the Anaylsis Services platform becoming more and more popular, this has to be the hottest development team for SQL Server. Join us with a look at one of the leaders of Analysis Services development, Rob Zare.

The Challenges of Podcasting

OK, here's one take. Not sure if it's any good, but it's a start.

No live editorials yet. I've been working...