THE Reception

After the PASS opening, which I dropped in long enough to get a beer, we had the SQLServerCentral.com party.

It seemed...

What type of hardware is required for Federated...

Administration for SQL Server Analysis Services has been...

Opening Day

Today is the opening day for the PASS conference here in Denver and it's kind of exciting. As many of you read this, I've hopefully gotten Simon Galbraith, owner of Red Gate software, and my boss, out here at the ranch shoveling manure. He's anxious to get on the ATV for a ride, so maybe I can work out a deal to reduce my workload 🙂

Oh Lawd, it's the end of the world

There have been some strange things that have happened in this world that I would never have expected. The Red Sox winning the World Series, Macs with Intel processors, and are things I never thought I'd see. But none of the them seems as strange as this to me.

To enable SQL Server 2005 to use more...

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...