The PowerBI Volleyball Report – Organizing Data To Start

One of my goals this year was to build a report that I can present to kids and parents showing the skills progression of their kids. I have attempted...

Deploying SQL Server Automatically

I've had to install SQL Server many times over the years. Often it has felt that most of these installs were one-offs, a dev server, a new QA instance, a production server for a brand new application. A few times I've had to recover from disaster, including restoring master, but often, I just installed SQL […]

Goal Progress for July 2021

I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2021. As I look at goal progress for 2021, I’m going...

Azure Dataset File Formats

Daily Coping 30 Jul 2021

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Exporting Lists in SQL Multi Script

SQL Multi Script is a lesser known tool from Redgate Software that is designed to easily allow you to run scripts against many server instances with one click of...

Your MTTR

There are a lot of metrics you can track and many ways to use them to improve how you build and manage software. Steve has a few thoughts on MTTR and similar metrics.

Daily Coping 29 Jul 2021

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Daily Coping 28 Jul 2021

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Leading without Managing

Learning to lead is a valued skill to have, and you can do this no matter what your role. You don't need to be a manager to become a leader.